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KONKAN EXERCISE

25th March, 2023

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Context: Konkan 2023, the annual bilateral maritime exercise between the Indian Navy and the Royal Navy, was held off the Konkan coast in the Arabian Sea.

Details: 

Participants:

  • INS Trishul, a guided missile frigate, and HMS Lancaster, a  Type 23 guided missile frigate, participated in this edition and undertook multiple maritime drills to enhance interoperability and  imbibe best practices.
  • The exercises covered  all domains of maritime operations, air, surface and sub-surface, and included gunnery shoots on surface inflatable target ‘Killer Tomato’, helicopter operations, anti-air and anti-submarine warfare drills, Visit Board Search and Seizure (VBSS), ship manoeuvres and exchange of personnel.
  • The focus personnel exhibited on op-readiness, enhancing interoperability and improving the ability to conduct joint operations will go a long way in bolstering the combined efforts of the IN and RN to strengthen maritime security and uphold a rules-based order in the region.

About INS Trishul:

  • INS Trishul is the second frigate of the Talwar class of the Indian Navy.
  • Trishul, the guided missile frigate, joined the arsenal of Indian Navy in 2003.

Talwar class:

  • These ships use stealth technologies and a special hull design to ensure a reduced radar cross section.
  • The Talwar-class frigates or Project 11356 are a class of stealth guided missile frigates designed and built by Russia for the Indian Navy.
  • The Talwar-class guided missile frigates are the improved versions of the Krivak III-class (Project 1135) frigates used by the Russian Coast Guard.
  • Six ships were built in two batches between 1999 and 2013.
  • 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.
  • Batch 2: Teg, Tarkash, Trikand
  • Batch 3: Tushil, Tamala (will be soon commissioned)        
  • Batch 4 (Triput class): Under Construction

 

PRACTICE QUESTION

Q) Which of the following statements is/are correct with reference to Talwar Class ships?

a. It is an indigenous class of stealth-guided missile frigates.

b. INS Talwar was commissioned in Indian Navy in 2022.

I.          Only a

II.          Only b

III.          Both a and b

 IV.          Neither a nor b

Answer: Option IV

 

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