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ASIA DEFENSE
India Sends Stealth Warships to South China Sea
The Indian Navy’s Eastern Fleet sailed out today on an operational deployment to the South China and North West Pacific.
By
Franz-Stefan Gady
May 19, 2016
Credit:
Indian NavyADVERTISEMENT
On May 18, four ships of the Indian Navy’s Eastern Fleet set out for a two and a half month long operational deployment to the South China Sea and North Western Pacific,
according to a recent press statement by the Indian Ministry of Defense.
“In a demonstration of its operational reach and commitment to India’s ‘Act East’ policy, the Indian Navy’s Eastern Fleet, under the command of Rear Admiral SV Bhokare, Flag Officer Commanding Eastern Fleet, sailed out today,” the press release states.
The small naval force that left the Indian shores today consists of the 6,200-ton
Shivalik-class guided-missile stealth frigates
Satpura and
Sahyadr armed, among other things, with supersonic anti-ship and land-attack cruise missiles; the 27,550-ton
Deepak-class fleet tanker
Shakti, one of the largest surface warships in the Indian Navy; and the 1,350-ton
Kora-class guided missile corvette
Kirch, armed with sub- and super-sonic anti-air and anti-ship missiles.