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https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/07/01/india-enemy-russian-built-warship-weapons-oil-sanctions/
Today, India commissioned a new warship, the INS Tamal.
She is the latest in a line of eight Talwar-class stealth
frigates. Similar in displacement and length to our own
Type 23 frigate, superficially at least, she has a similar
array of weapons and sensors. The one exception being the
BrahMos anti-ship and land attack missile, theoretically
a beast of a weapon with a range over 500 miles at speeds
up to Mach 3, which would be far in excess of anything
we have.
But there is a problem. Tamal was built by Russia in their
Yantar shipyard in Kaliningrad. For those of you who follow
the Indian Navy, that they have some of their ships built
by Russia will not come as news. Already an aircraft carrier,
50 per cent of their submarines and the Talwar class accounts
for about 20 per cent of their fleet. Many of these programmes
date back decades but of course, the international climate
has changed rather a lot. India’s dependence on Russia for
warships is at least reducing, but should it not already be
close to zero?
Meanwhile, India’s trade in Russian oil reeks of duplicity.
Despite Western sanctions, India’s refiners guzzle discounted
crude, often shipped by dark fleet vessels dodging and
falsifying their AIS tracking. By actively engaging with this
trade, New Delhi flouts global rules
. . .
India keeps trying to play both sides of this
to maximum advantage.
Problem is, push come to shove, WHO will they
ultimately side with ???
Or will they just try to dodge and hide, hoping
to escape notice ? Not sure that'll work.
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