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The ''Talwar'' class are a class of guided missile frigates designed and built by Russia for the Indian Navy. The ''Talwar''-class guided missile frigates, also known as Project 1135.6, are modified Krivak III-class frigates from Russia. The design has been further developed as the for the Russian Navy. The ''Talwar'' class has a displacement of 4,000 tons and speed of and is capable of accomplishing a wide variety of missions, primarily, finding and eliminating enemy submarines and large surface ships. Due to the use of stealth technologies and a special hull design, the resulting frigate features reduced radar cross section (RCS) as well as electromagnetic, acoustic and infrared signatures. Equipped with Russian-made sensors and weapon systems, the ''Talwar''-class frigates are modern ships with balanced capabilities, capable of countering modern Western naval assets. The ''Talwar'' class is an Indo-Russian joint production. Ships of this class have quite a few systems of Indian origin and manufacture, including their anti-submarine sensor (sonar) suite and complete communication equipment. == History == On 17 November 1997, Russia and India signed a $1 billion contract, for three Krivak III-class multi-purpose frigates. The Indian Navy wanted to fill the gap created by the decommissioning of the s until the Project 17-class frigates entered service. After the signing of the contract, Severnoye Design Bureau began a detail design layout and the shipbuilder, Baltisky Zavod of St. Petersburg, began preparations for their construction. The project involved around 130 suppliers from Russia, India, Britain, Germany, Denmark, Belarus, Ukraine and other countries including over 30 St. Petersburg-based naval design organizations and institutes. The first frigate, INS ''Talwar'' was delivered in May 2002. The second, INS ''Trishul'', was delivered in November 2002 and the third, INS ''Tabar'', in May 2003. The Russian firm delayed the delivery of three frigates by 13 months, 7 months and 11 months respectively. The contract stipulated the levy of liquidated damages for the delays and the same worked out to the equivalent of 38.5 million. This was yet to be recovered as of December 2005. The Indian government signed a follow-on contract for the purchase of three additional frigates on 14 July 2006. These ships will be built at Yantar Shipyard in Kaliningrad. The first frigate was scheduled for delivery in April 2011. These ships will feature BrahMos supersonic anti-ship cruise missile instead of the Klub-N/3M54TE missile system which was provided to the ''Talwar'', ''Trishul'' and ''Tabar'' frigates. In July 2012 India Today announced the start of talks about purchasing three additional ''Talwar''-class frigates (No.7 to No.9).〔http://flotprom.ru/news/?ELEMENT_ID=117643〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Talwar-class frigate」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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