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Navy Russia starts building new "stealth" frigate for India capable of accomplishing a wide scale of
RIA Novosti opens multimedia press
missions, primarily, finding and eliminating enemy submarines and large surface ships
center in India
RIA Novosti opened a multimedia press center in mid-
June in New Delhi as part of the agency's Russian In-
formation Center in India. RIA Novosti's Russian Infor-
mation Center opened in India in February 2008,
shortly after the year of Russia in India began. The
Indian warships
multimedia press center, located at the Russian Em-
bassy in India's information department, was designed
to carry out online news conferences, TV links and
roundtables.
"Undoubtedly, this is a timely step and the opening
of the center will boost the two countries' knowledge
of each other," Russian ambassador in India Vyach- at Russian shipyards
eslav Trubnikov said at the first news conference to be
held at the center.
In turn, deputy RIA Novosti editor-in-chief, Alexander
Babinsky, who spoke from Moscow via TV link, ex- In mid-June, the Yantar
pressed hopes that the center would make a "solid in- (Amber) Shipyard in
formational contribution" to strengthening Russian-In- Kaliningrad, Russia’s
dian ties. westernmost city, laid
Next year will be the Year of India in Russia.
the keel of the third
Project 11356 frigate for
Russia to test aircraft carrier for
the Indian Navy under a
India's navy in 2011
second major bilateral
contract.
The Russian Sevmash shipyard said it planned to test
an aircraft carrier currently being modernised for the
Indian navy in 2011.
VERA BASHKANOVA
India contracted the $1.5 billion Admiral Gorshkov
ROSSIYSKAYA GAZETA
for its navy in 2004. After long-running delays and dis-
KALININGRAD
putes, Russia and India agreed in February to raise re-
fit costs for the aircraft carrier, berthed at Sevmash in
On July 14, 2006, India and Rus-
north Russia for the past 12 years.
sia signed a contract for the pur-
The carrier, renamed the Vikramaditya, is to replace
chase of three additional Project
India's INS Viraat carrier, which, although currently
11356 Krivak IV-class guided
operational, is now 50 years old.
missile frigates for the Indian
"The successful solution of all the financial issues will
Navy. Russia had previously built
enable the shipbuilders to sail the aircraft carrier out
three Krivak-class frigates, the
into the Barents Sea for trials. In the winter of 2012,
INS Talwar, the INS Trishul and
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the ship is expected to be finally refitted and trials will the INS Tabar, for India, which
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continue in the summer of that year. At the end of were all delivered by the end of
2012, the aircraft carrier is expected to be fully pre- 2004.
pared for its transfer to the Indian navy in accordance
India’s Ambassador to Russia
with the schedule approved by the Russian Navy," Sev-
Prabhat Shukla, representatives
Y SMOKIN
mash said.
of the Indian Navy and
The contract to deliver the Admiral Gorshkov air-
Rosoboronexport, the main Russ-
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craft carrier to India, which state-run arms exporter
ian state-controlled arms ex-
The official keel-laying ceremony
Rosoboronexport signed with the Indian navy, covers
porter, attended the official keel-
The Indian Ambassador to Russia, Prabhat Shukla, left, and India's Naval Attache Satyendra Jamwal
the Indian Navy.
the modernisation of the ship and equipping it with
laying ceremony.
walking to the ceremony of laying the keel of a third frigate of project 1135.6 for
modern weaponry, including MiG-29K Fulcrum aircraft
Yantar Shipyard CEO, Igor
and Ka-27 Helix-A and Ka-31 Helix-B anti-submarine
Orlov, affixed a plaque to the hull
of the ship under construction.
helicopters.
The shipyard has been assem-
Frigate specifications and the INS Tabar were built fulfil the contract on time. Its after World War II. For more
After it has been refitted, the Gorshkov is expected
bling the hulls of two other at the Baltic Shipyard in St Pe- employees are working to the than 50 years of its history
to be seaworthy for 30 years.
frigates under the Russian-Indi-
The advanced Krivak-class mul- ships and submarines and re-
tersburg. The first and second best of their ability. "Yantar" has become a famous
an contract for the last 11
ti-role frigate has a displace- pelling enemy air attacks.
frigates were launched in May The Yantar Shipyard is also builder and repairer of the
India, Russia develop airborne months. The warships are to be
ment weight of 4,000 metric Maximum length.. 124.8 metres
2000 and November 2002, re- building several vessels for the modern war ships and high-ef-
supersonic cruise missile
launched consecutively from tons and a speed of 30 knots, Beam ………….…. 15.2 metres spectively, and delivered to the Russian Navy, including the fective civil vessels.
2010 till 2012. and is capable of accomplishing Maximum draught 6.8 metres client in June 2003. The keel of Project 11540 frigate Yaroslav "Yantar" is the only Russian
The Russian-Indian BrahMos Aerospace joint venture
They will feature the new a wide range of high-seas mis- Maximum range with the third warship was laid in the Wise, the Project 11711 shipyard, which is situated in
has finished the development of the airborne version of BrahMos supersonic anti-ship sions, primarily hunting down maximum fuel load at 14 knots May 2000, and the frigate was landing craft Ivan Gren and the the South-East part of the
an advanced supersonic missile, the company's manag- cruise missile system, instead of
and destroying large surface 4,850 nautical miles delivered in April 2004. Project 12441 training ship Baltic region in the nearness
ing director has said. the Club-N/3M54TE missile sys-
The Indian guests said the Borodino. of the largest industrial cen-
Established in 1998, BrahMos Aerospace designs, tem, which was installed on pre-
smooth and reliable perform- It also repairs operational ters of Europe. The city of
produces, and markets supersonic missiles, whose sea-
vious frigates. ance of the first three frigates warships of the Russian Navy’s Kaliningrad is the only Russ-
based and land-based versions have been successfully
Speaking at the ceremony, had prompted New Delhi to Baltic Fleet and builds civilian ian ice-free port on the Baltic
tested and put into service with the Indian Army and
Ambassador Shukla said the In- He said both countries had long- because Yantar turns out top- place another order with the vessels on foreign orders. Sea and the centre of the
Navy.
dian side was satisfied with the standing traditions of co-opera- quality ships, and enjoys a repu- Russian shipyard. One of the largest Russian most western region of Rus-
"For the airborne version...we had to reduce the
quality of the production tion in this sphere based on mu- tation backed by years of experi- The Yantar Shipyard has in- shipyards, "Yantar" was estab- sia owing status of the Spe-
mass of the missile and to ensure aerodynamic stabili-
process, and that such contacts tual trust and friendship. ence and customer acclaim. vested heavily in retooling pro- lished on the base of the cial Economic Zone with the
ty after its separation from the aircraft. The air-
were an important contribution India is interested in co-oper- Under the first, 1997, contract, grammes and bought state-of- Konigsberg branch of the Ger- developed transport infra-
launched platform has its own initial speed during the
to bilateral strategic partnership. ation with the Russian shipyard the INS Talwar, the INS Trishul the-art equipment in order to man Schichau-Werft in 1945, structure.
launch of the missile, so we have reduced the size of
the booster. Now the missile is ready," Sivathanu Pillai
told RIA Novosti in an exclusive interview.
The BrahMos missile has a range of 180 miles (290
Energy Moscow and New Delhi share a common project and ambitious nuclear plans
kms) and can carry a conventional warhead of up to
660 pounds. It can hit surface targets while flying at
an altitude as low as 10 meters (30 feet) and at a
speed of Mach 2.8, which is about three times faster
Two under construction, four contemplated
than the U.S.-made subsonic Tomahawk cruise missile.
The official said the Indian Air Force had chosen SU-
30 MKI Flanker-H multirole fighter as a trial platform
The first three batches of produced, Indian specialists tomatic production control All construction, assembly, ties and other centres.
for the missile.
nuclear fuel – 220 fuel
RIR Dossier
carried out a so-called “con- system) components, and ca- start-up and adjustment oper- “The determination with
"We have a schedule for flight trials, but progress
assemblies with a 4.1% sumer audit” to check basic ble metal ducts. ations are being done by Indi- which the Indians are building
has slowed down, as Russia's Sukhoi Design Bureau
uranium content – have processes and technologies, This, Atomstroyexport be- an contractors, while the hun- Russian VVER-1000 reactors
has its own priority for fifth generation aircraft," Pillai
arrived from Russian city of and the fuel. At the end of lieves, will speed up assembly dred or so Russian engineers deserves every respect,” said
Novosibirsk at the site of 2006, they issued a final cer- and start-up work. are mainly responsible for Mikhail Klonitsky, deputy
said.
the Kudankulam nuclear tificate. The document said the Atomstroyexport’s commit- field supervision. Such a shar- chief engineer at Moscow’s
India is planning to produce at least 140 Su-30MKI
power plant under Russian side had honoured all ments to the Nuclear Power ing of responsibilities has a Atomenergoproekt Institute,
fighters by 2014 under a Russian license with full tech-
construction in India. This
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contract requirements. Under Corporation of India, which number of advantages. At Ku- speaking on behalf of his de-
nology transfer.
is enough to load one
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the same contract, the Russian controls the plant, include de- dankulam, Indian specialists signer colleagues. “Their sin-
Experts estimate that India might purchase up to
generating unit and TVEL Corporation will supply sign and working documenta- are in effect learning how to gle-mindedness and resolve
1,000 BrahMos missiles for its Armed Forces in the
recharge it a year after RIA NO nuclear fuel to Kudankulam for tion, field supervision over the build Russian-type nuclear deserve every respect. And this
next decade, and export 2,000 to third countries dur- commissioning. The delivery
The Russian-Indian inter-gov-
the rest of its operation. construction, supply of equip- plants. They are very interest- when the Nuclear Power Cor-
ing the same period. RIA Novosti was made according to
ernmental agreement on coop-
Currently, two generating ment and materials from Rus- ed in gaining experience, be- poration of India could have
contract terms and eration in the construction of a units with 1,000 MW VVER sia and third countries, techni- cause they plan to build light taken an easier path by order-
Intracom Telecom makes foray into
International Atomic nuclear power plant in India reactors are being construct- cal support in assembly and water reactors in their coun- ing two turn-key units with us.”
Indian market
Energy Agency (IAEA) was signed on November 20, ed in Tamil Nadu. To build the commissioning, and training try themselves. Russia helps On the other hand, lack of
requirements.
1988, appendices to it, on June
plant, Russia advanced India a of operating and service per- them and trains Indian spe- practical experience is affect-
Intracom Telecom, a division of Sitronics Telecom Solu-
21, 1998; and the contract to
line of credit to cover 85% of sonnel in Russia. cialists at colleges, universi- ing schedule. With Kudanku-
tions, has signed a $5.7 million contract to supply radio
build Kudankulam, in 2002. On
the estimated cost of work. To lam’s completion planned for
relay equipment to India.
Alexander Yemelyanenkov
February 11, 2008 in New Delhi,
date, the Russian company the end of 2008, start-up and
Under the contract with Shyam Telelink Ltd., a basic
ROSSIYSKAYA GAZETA
Russia and India signed another
Atomstroyexport has supplied adjustment work is currently
Telecom Services Licensee for the state of Rajasthan,
MOSCOW
inter-governmental agreement
more than 83% of equipment
New fuel for nuclear plants
under way. But Indian special-
on the construction of four more
Intracom Telecom will implement a turnkey project in-
units at Kudankulam, and on co-
and 98% of design plans and ists have a particular ap-
cluding the supply, installation and servicing of a Point-
Novosibirsk and Moscow
operation at other building sites.
specifications.
Pyotr Lavrenyuk, vice-president only 20% of the rods, not 25%,
proach to everything, putting
to-Point Radio Link network for Shyam Telelink’s ex-
know that nuclear suppliers
Not so long ago, the 41st
of the TVEL Corporation, who each year.
quality above the deadline. It
pansion in Rajasthan. The project will take five months.
must observe certain restric-
batch of 2,362 tons of equip-
was in Novosibirsk when nuclear The manager added that a fuel
is not, therefore, ruled out
Intracom Telecom managing director Alexandros
tions in relation to India, in Moscow and New Delhi’s co-
ment set off for the plant
fuel was sent to Kudankulam, has capable of reduced output at
that the opening of the plant
Manos said: “We are pleased to be awarded this proj-
particular an agreement not operation on the peaceful
from St Petersburg. The cargo
made an official statement that night or over weekends has been
might be postponed until next
ect as we enter a new market serving Shyam Telelink
to supply nuclear materials atom, including supplies of nu-
will travel by sea and go to the
his company is developing a new developed for nuclear plants in
year. But New Delhi and
with our widely deployed radio product line, Intralink.
until officials in New Delhi set- clear fuel to Kudankulam, is
port of Tutikorin. Irina Yesipo-
fuel for nuclear plants. The aim of other countries. “Such fuel is used Moscow think these difficul-
tle disputed issues with the absolutely legal.
va, an official Atomstroyex- the new project is to raise effi- in the Czech Republic and Slova- ties are caused by objective
We are looking forward to the expansion of our Radio
IAEA or at least make the Konstantin Grabelnikov,
port spokesperson, said the ciency by ensuring a more com- kia,” Mr Lavrenyuk said. “This factors, and need not reflect
Relay deployment in India and the wider region in the
agency a guarantor of its nu- deputy director-general of the
batch included piping and plete burnout of uranium-235. year we are planning to supply it on their strategic partnership
near future.”
clear programme and key Novosibirsk Chemical Concen-
valves for the so-called “filling
Currently the bulk of fuel stays in to the Khmelnitsky plant in
in nuclear power.
“We have selected Intracom Telecom based on the
projects. trates Plant (NZKhK), has offi-
of unsealed reactor”, valves
the reactor for four years, and Ukraine for trials.”
Russia sees India as an im-
technical excellence of the company’s Radio Relay
But the agreement between cially confirmed that the first
and piping for various auxil-
one-quarter of it is replaced each At the same time, he said,
portant partner with sweeping
products as well as Intracom Telecom’s capability to
India and Russia to build a nu- fuel assemblies for India were
iary systems of the reactor’s
year. Yet there are already fuel Russia is developing a new high-
plans to develop nuclear power.
provide high quality end to end service,” said president clear power plant at Kun- manufactured at his plant and
installation and hydraulic
assemblies, said Mr Lavrenyuk, power reactor, the AES-2006,
It also knows that India wants
of Shyam Telelink Ltd. Raymond Armes. AFK Sistema
that can last five years, which and an upgraded VVER of 1,200
dankulam was concluded in kept in special storage until a
structures, panels for the to increase its output from the
would allow engineers to change MW capacity.
owns a large stake in Greek-based Intracom Telecom. 1988, before sanctions were fixed date.
main control room, pumping current 17,000 MW to 40,000
FK Novosti introduced. That means
While the fuel was being
equipment, cables, APCS (au- MW in 2025.
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