INS Trishul

About INS Trishul:

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

Key facts about the Talwar class of frigates:

• These have been built in Russia under an Indo-Russian joint production.
• These missile frigates are modified Krivak III class frigates from Russia.
• It has a displacement capacity of 4,000 tons and a speed of 30 knots and is capable of accomplishing a wide variety of naval 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 frigate features reduced radar cross section (RCS) as well as electromagnetic, acoustic and infrared signatures.