• The seventh frigate of P1135.6 class for the Indian Navy was launched at Yantar shipyard in Kaliningrad, Russia.

• During the launching ceremony, the ship was formally named as ‘Tushil’, which means protector shield in Sanskrit. 

• The Indian and Russian governments had in October 2018 signed an agreement to construct four additional P1135.6 class ships — two each in Russia and India.

• The construction of these ships is based on the Indian Navy’s specific requirements to meet the entire spectrum of naval warfare in all three dimensions of air, surface and sub-surface. 

• The ships with a potent combination of state-of-art Indian and Russian weapons and sensors are equipped to operate in littoral and blue waters, both as a single unit and as consort in a naval task force.

• These ships feature stealth technology in terms of low radar and underwater noise signatures. 

• These ships are being equipped with major Indian supplied equipment such as surface to surface missiles, sonar system, surface surveillance radar, communication suite and anti-submarine warfare system along with Russian surface-to-air missiles and gun mounts.

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