MOSCOW, Nov. 9 (Xinhua) -- Russia handed over a frigate to the Indian Navy, theUnited Shipbuilding Corporation said Friday.
The frigate was handed over to India at a ceremony at the Yantar Baltic Shipyard.
"Frigate Tarkash is the second in the three Project 11356 ships built by the YantarShipyard under a Russian-Indian contract," United Shipbuilding Corporationspokesman Alexei Kravchenko told reporters.
The first frigate, the Tag, was handed over to India in April 2012. It has successfullylaunched a Russian-Indian Brahmos supersonic cruise missile during tests in October.
Yantar Shipyard, located in the western Russian enclave of Kaliningrad, currentlybuilds the third frigate of the same project, the Trikand. The vessel is to be delivered in2013.
Project 11356 frigates were developed by the Severnoye Design Bureau. The shipscarry first-strike missile systems equipped with Brahmos supersonic cruise missiles witha range of 290 km.
Russia also has been redesigning an aircraft carrier Vikramaditya for India withcompletion scheduled for mid 2013. The carrier's reconstruction has been repeatedlyhampered by various technical problems.
