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The age old problem with the Russian industry is cropping up as usual. These are the exact reasons why slowly India has started buying military hardware from other countries.
Russia is not going to meet the deadlines in the implementation of a contract on the delivery of missile frigates to the Indian Navy, the state-run arms exporter Rosoboronexport said.
Russia and India signed a $1.6 billion contract on construction of three modified Krivak III class (also known as Talwar class) guided missile frigates for India in 2006. The first frigate was scheduled for delivery in April 2011.
"There is a delay, and it is hard to say now what the new deadline is going to be, although the first ship is undergoing dockside trials," said Oleg Azizov, head of Rosoboronexport's delegation at the IMDS naval show in St. Petersburg.
Russia's Yantar shipyard, which is building the ships, has asked Rosoboronexport for additional $100 million to finish the construction.
Azizov said an Indian Navy delegation will arrive in Russia next week to negotiate the new deadlines for construction.
This is the second time Russia has run into difficulties with Indian naval contracts. The price of the Admiral Gorshkov aircraft carrier has been raised almost twice, and its delivery date was put back from 2008 to late 2012.
Russia has previously built three Talwar-class frigates for India - INS Talwar (Sword), INS Trishul (Trident), and INS Tabar (Axe).
The new frigates each will be armed with eight BrahMos supersonic cruise missiles, jointly developed by Russia and India.
Russia is not going to meet the deadlines in the implementation of a contract on the delivery of missile frigates to the Indian Navy, the state-run arms exporter Rosoboronexport said.
Russia and India signed a $1.6 billion contract on construction of three modified Krivak III class (also known as Talwar class) guided missile frigates for India in 2006. The first frigate was scheduled for delivery in April 2011.
"There is a delay, and it is hard to say now what the new deadline is going to be, although the first ship is undergoing dockside trials," said Oleg Azizov, head of Rosoboronexport's delegation at the IMDS naval show in St. Petersburg.
Russia's Yantar shipyard, which is building the ships, has asked Rosoboronexport for additional $100 million to finish the construction.
Azizov said an Indian Navy delegation will arrive in Russia next week to negotiate the new deadlines for construction.
This is the second time Russia has run into difficulties with Indian naval contracts. The price of the Admiral Gorshkov aircraft carrier has been raised almost twice, and its delivery date was put back from 2008 to late 2012.
Russia has previously built three Talwar-class frigates for India - INS Talwar (Sword), INS Trishul (Trident), and INS Tabar (Axe).
The new frigates each will be armed with eight BrahMos supersonic cruise missiles, jointly developed by Russia and India.
| Displacement (Max) | 5,600 tons |
| Length | 143 m |
| Beam | 16.9 m |
| Armament | 76mm Super Rapid Gun Mount (SRGM) (Main Gun) 2 x AK-630 Rapid Fire guns 24 x CIWS/SAM systems - KASHMIR 16 x Barak 1 VLS SAM 24 x Shtil SAM 8 x VLS Klub or BrahMos Cruise missiles 90R missiles (ASW) DTA-53-956 torpedoes RBU-6000 (RPK-8) Anti-air defence : Radar-guided Shtil missile system. Point Defence : Two Barak-1 Vertical Launch Systems (VLS) Missile System and Two AK-630 Rapid Fire Guns (PDMS) Anti-surface : Eight Klub Vertical Launch System (VLS) missiles cruise missiles, with a range of almost 300 kilometers Anti-submarine : RBU 6000 rocket launchers, total 24 barrels. Also, two onboard helicopters, with sonars and torpedoes Main gun : OtoMelara 76 mm Super Rapid Gun Mount (SRGM) manufactured at BHEL, Haridwar. This can fire at ground and aerial targets 15-20 km away] |
| Aircraft | Two Sea King / Dhruv helicopters for surveillance and anti-submarine operations. |
| Propulsion | 2xFrench-made Pielstick diesel engines 2xGE LM 25000 gas turbines |
| Max Speed | 30 kts |
