Today, India commissioned a new warship, the INS Tamal. She is the latest in a line of eight Talwar-class stealth frigates. Similar in displacement and length to our own Type 23 frigate, superficially at least, she has a similar array of weapons and sensors. The one exception being the BrahMos anti-ship and land attack missile, theoretically a beast of a weapon with a range over 500 miles at speeds up to Mach 3, which would be far in excess of anything we have.
Another problem is choosing a country currently that is at war to service your systems and parts. The contract to deliver the S-400 air defence units is seemingly going ahead despite the number of missiles Russia has burned through defending against Ukrainian counterattacks. And this before we get to how much less effective the S-400 has been in real life compared to the claims.
If India is still buying them, they’re obviously happy with their capabilities. The author also seems upset more than anything that Russia can fulfil the order, it’s not really worth mentioning the “depleting stockpiles” otherwise.
If India is still buying them, they’re obviously happy with their capabilities. The author also seems upset more than anything that Russia can fulfil the order, it’s not really worth mentioning the “depleting stockpiles” otherwise.
It’s a huge cope.