The Talwar class Frigate is a new class of frigates designed and built by Russia for the Indian Navy. The Talwar class guided missile frigates, also known as the Type 1135.6, are modified Krivak III class frigates from Russia. The Talwar Class has a displacement of 4,000 tons and speed of 30 knots and is capable of accomplishing a wide scale 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 Talwar class 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 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.
| Class overview |
| Name: | Talwar |
| Builders: | Baltiysky Zavod |
| Operators: |  Indian Navy |
| Preceded by: | Brahmaputra class frigate |
| Succeeded by: | Shivalik class frigate |
| Building: | 3 |
| Planned: | 6 |
| Completed: | 3 |
| Active: | 3 |
| General characteristics |
| Type: | Guided Missile Frigate |
| Displacement: | 4,035 tons |
| Length: | 124.8 metres |
| Beam: | 15.2 metres |
| Draught: | 4.2 metres |
| Propulsion: | 2 × DS-71 gas turbines and 2 × DT-59 boost turbines, driving two shafts. |
| Speed: | 30 knots |
| Range: | 4,500 miles at 18 knots |
| Complement: | 220 |
Sensors and
processing systems: | Surface search radar: 3Ts-25E Garpun-B, MR-212/201-1, Nucleus-2 6000A
Air search radar: Fregat M2EM
Fire control: JSC 5P-10E Puma FCS, 3R14N-11356 FCS, MR-90 Orekh SAM FCS |
Electronic warfare
and decoys: | TK-25E-5 EW suite, four KT-216 decoy launchers |
| Armament: | Guns and missiles: 1 × 100mm (3.9 in) gun, two Kashtan CIWS systems, eight-cell VLS for 3M-54E Klub and BrahMos missiles, one 3S-90 launcher for 9M317 (SA-N-12) SAMs, eight Igla-1E (SA-16) SAMs
Anti-submarine: 1 x RBU-6000 rocket launcher, two twin 533mm torpedo tubes |
| Aircraft carried: | 1 Ka-28, Ka-31 or Dhruv helicopter |
