INS Tarkash

Subject : Science and Technology

Section: Defence / IR

Concept :

INS Tarkash from the Indian Navy recently reached Port Sudan to help in the evacuation of stranded Indians as part of “Operation Kaveri”.
INS Tarkash is the third ship to join the evacuation after INS Sumedha and INS Teg.

About INS Tarkash:

It is a state-of-the-art stealth frigate of the Indian Navy equipped with a versatile range of weapons.
Tarkash belongs to the Talwar class of guided missile frigates. These are modified Krivak III class frigates built by Russia.
It was built by the Yantar shipyard in Kaliningrad, Russia.
It was commissioned into Indian Navy service on 9 November 2012 at Kaliningrad and joined the Western Naval Command on 27 December 2012.
It is also equipped with BrahMos missiles instead of the Klub-N missiles, which makes it different from the earlier flight of Talwar-class ships.

INS Sumedha

INS Sumedha is the third ship of the Saryu-class Naval Offshore Patrol Vessels (NOPV) of the Indian Navy.
INS Sumedha was designed and constructed indigenously by Goa Shipyard Limited.
It is fitted with a state-of-the-art weapon and sensor package.
This ship is designed to undertake support operations, coastal and offshore patrolling, ocean surveillance, search and rescue (SAR) operations, and humanitarian assistance and disaster relief (HADR).

INS Teg

INS Teg is the fourth Talwar-class frigate constructed for the Indian Navy.
Just like the other Talwar-class frigates, INS Teg was built by the Yantar shipyard in Kaliningrad, Russia.
The ship is named after “Teg”, which is a short single-edged curved sword, traditionally used by Sikhs.
INS Teg also uses BrahMos missiles.

Operation Kaveri

It is a rescue operation being carried out by the Indian Government to bring back Indian citizens stranded in Sudan.
According to the official data, the number of Indians in Sudan is around 4,000.
Sudan has been witnessing deadly fighting between the country’s army and a paramilitary group, the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), that has reportedly left several hundred’s dead.
It was triggered by disagreement over an internationally backed plan to form a new civilian government four years after the fall of autocrat Omar al-Bashir and two years after the military coup. Both sides accuse the other of thwarting the transition.