{"id":31427,"date":"2025-03-23T01:59:09","date_gmt":"2025-03-22T20:29:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=31427"},"modified":"2025-04-16T11:52:51","modified_gmt":"2025-04-16T06:22:51","slug":"tavasya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/tavasya\/","title":{"rendered":"Tavasya"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Tavasya Latest News<\/h2>\n<p>Stealth Frigate \u2018Tavasya\u2019 Launched at Goa Shipyard<\/p>\n<h2>Why in the News?<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>\u2018Tavasya\u2019<\/strong>, the <strong>last of the four Krivak-class stealth frigates<\/strong>, was <strong>launched at Goa Shipyard Limited (GSL) on March 22, 2025<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>It is the <strong>second ship under construction at GSL<\/strong> under a <strong>technology transfer agreement with Russia<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>The launch marks a <strong>milestone in India\u2019s naval self-reliance<\/strong> and <strong>defence production capabilities<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>About \u2018Tavasya\u2019 Krivak-Class Stealth Frigates<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>India and Russia signed an Inter-Governmental Agreement (IGA) in October 2016<\/strong> for <strong>four additional Krivak-class stealth frigates<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Under the agreement<\/strong>:\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Two ships<\/strong> were <strong>imported directly from Russia<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Two ships<\/strong> were <strong>manufactured at Goa Shipyard under technology transfer<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Frigate specifications<\/strong>:\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Length<\/strong>: 124.8 m | <strong>Width<\/strong>: 15.2 m | <strong>Draught<\/strong>: 4.5 m.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Displacement<\/strong>: 3,600 tonnes.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Maximum speed<\/strong>: 28 knots.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Engines<\/strong>: Powered by <strong>Zorya-Mashproekt (Ukraine) engines<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>First ship manufactured in India<\/strong>: <strong>Triput<\/strong>, launched in <strong>July 2024<\/strong>, set for <strong>delivery in 2026<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>First ship commissioned from Russia<\/strong>: <strong>Tushil<\/strong>, commissioned on <strong>December 9, 2024<\/strong>, now based in <strong>Karwar<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Second Russian-manufactured frigate<\/strong>: <strong>Tamal<\/strong>, in advanced trials, expected to be commissioned in <strong>June 2025<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Tavasya<\/strong> is expected to be the <strong>last warship built under foreign license<\/strong>, as <strong>India transitions to indigenous warship construction<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Tavasya FAQs<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Q1: <\/strong>What is Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW)?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans:<\/strong> ASW refers to military strategies and tactics used to detect, track, and neutralize enemy submarines using ships, aircraft, submarines, and underwater sensors.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q2: <\/strong>What are the key components of ASW?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans:<\/strong> ASW operations involve Sonar systems (Active &amp; Passive) for detection, Maritime patrol aircraft &amp; helicopters (P-8I, MH-60R), ASW ships &amp; submarines (Corvettes, destroyers) and Weapons like torpedoes, depth charges, and anti-submarine missiles.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q3: <\/strong>Which countries have advanced ASW capabilities?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans:<\/strong> The U.S., Russia, China, India, the U.K., and France have advanced ASW capabilities, with specialized submarines, aircraft, and warships.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q4: <\/strong>What is an ASROC missile?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans:<\/strong> ASROC (Anti-Submarine Rocket) is a missile system that delivers torpedoes or depth charges to enemy submarines from surface ships.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/stealth-frigate-launched-into-water-at-goa-shipyard\/article69360880.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TH<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2018Tavasya\u2019, the last of the four Krivak-class stealth frigates, was launched at Goa Shipyard Limited (GSL) on March 22, 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":31428,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-31427","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\/31427","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=31427"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31427\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31428"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31427"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31427"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31427"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}