KONKAN EXERCISE

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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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