{"id":21439,"date":"2024-12-07T07:15:07","date_gmt":"2024-12-07T01:45:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=21439"},"modified":"2025-04-06T12:14:39","modified_gmt":"2025-04-06T06:44:39","slug":"ins-tushil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/ins-tushil\/","title":{"rendered":"What is INS Tushil?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>About INS Tushil<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It is a <strong>multi-role stealth guided missile frigate<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>It is the latest in a <strong>series of upgraded Krivak III-class frigates<\/strong>, part of <strong>the Russian-designed Project 1135.6.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The <strong>Indian Navy already operates six ships from this class<\/strong>, including three Talwar-class frigates and three Teg-class follow-ons, all built at Russian shipyards in St. Petersburg and Kaliningrad.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>INS Tushil, the <strong>seventh vessel in this series<\/strong>, is the first of two upgraded frigates under a contract signed in 2016 between the Indian Government, JSC Rosoboronexport, and the Russian defence industry.<\/li>\n<li>The ship\u2019s name, Tushil, translates to &#8220;protector shield,&#8221; and its crest embodies the concept of an &#8220;Impenetrable Shield&#8221; (Abhedya Kavacham), reflecting the Navy&#8217;s commitment to safeguarding India\u2019s maritime borders.<\/li>\n<li>At 125 meters in length and displacing 3,900 tons, INS Tushil is equipped with advanced <strong>stealth features<\/strong>, making it less detectable by enemy radar and more stable in various sea conditions.<\/li>\n<li>The ship incorporates <strong>26 percent indigenous technology<\/strong>, with over 33 systems developed by Indian manufacturers.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>The ship will be <strong>assigned to the Western Fleet under the Western Naval Command,<\/strong> joining the \u201cSword Arm\u201d of the Indian Navy.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><strong>Q1<\/strong>: What is a frigate?<\/h3>\n<p>A frigate is a type of warship designed for various naval operations, including escorting larger vessels, conducting patrols, and engaging in combat with enemy ships, aircraft, or submarines. Frigates are versatile ships and play a crucial role in modern navies worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>News: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thestatesman.com\/india\/navy-to-commission-advanced-stealth-frigate-ins-tushil-in-russia-1503372970.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Navy to commission advanced stealth frigate INS Tushil in Russia<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>INS Tushil is a multi-role stealth guided missile frigate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":21440,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-21439","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21439","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21439"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21439\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21440"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21439"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21439"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}