INS Tamal- India’s last foreign-built warship officially joins the Indian Navy

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Watch how the INS Tamal- India’s last foreign-built warship has officially joined the Indian Navy.

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00:00Russian hull, Indian soul

00:02BrahMos missile

00:04Don't forget the BrahMos

00:06Bang, there it goes

00:08And wait for this

00:10Like a bullet

00:12The Indian Navy just commissioned its 8th Krivak class stealth frigate

00:15The INS TAMAL

00:17Now this is the last Indian warship that will be built overseas

00:21The TAMAL was built in the Russian Federation

00:23It is one of two ships

00:25The Tushil and the TAMAL

00:27That were bought from the Russian Federation

00:30AK-190

00:32One of the most dependable 100mm guns in the Navy

00:35RBU-6000

00:37Been there for hundreds of years

00:39Very very capable, robust anti-submarine rockets

00:43That's a MR SAM

00:46Surface to air missile

00:48A knockout aircraft at 40km away

00:50Fabulous, what can I say

00:52What is it about the TAMAL and Krivak class that makes them so formidable?

00:56They have the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile

00:59They carry 8 BrahMos cruise missiles

01:01They have surface to air missiles

01:03Medium range surface to air missiles SA-7s

01:05Which can shoot down aircraft

01:07They have close in CIWS weapons

01:10The AK-630 to tackle missiles

01:12They have torpedoes to attack submarines

01:15And also they have anti-submarine rockets

01:18The RBU-6000

01:19That's what makes these Krivak class frigates

01:23Such powerful, potent weapons for the Indian Navy

01:26In fact, I'd go so far as to call them pocket destroyers

01:29Pocket destroyers were a concept of the Second World War

01:32But clearly with ships like the TAMAL

01:34And the Krivak class ships that the Indian Navy already operates

01:37These are pocket destroyers

01:39The TAMAL is named for the sword of Lord Indra

01:42It signifies the ability of the ship to be used in all three dimensions

01:47Surface, under the sea surface and in the air

01:51It can tackle incoming drones, cruise missiles, anti-ship missiles and of course attack aircraft

02:01The Indian Navy needs warships

02:07It needs a lot more warships like the TAMAL

02:10These destroyers are extremely important to achieve what is called sea control

02:15Which is to control large areas of the sea

02:17They can not only act as independent surface combatants

02:20But they can also escort other warships including carrier battle groups

02:25They can form a part of the carrier battle group's screens

02:28That is they protect the carrier from incoming threats

02:31Aircraft, submarines, other warships and so on

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