INS Tabar in Maritime Partnership Exercise (MPX) | 07 Sep 2024
Recently, the Indian Naval Ship Tabar conducted a Maritime Partnership Exercise(MPX) with the Spanish Navy ship Atalaya in the Mediterranean Sea.
- The MPX with the Spanish navy reinforces bilateral naval ties and strengthens commitment to enhanced maritime cooperation.
- About MPX: The MPX involved a series of advanced exercises such as Station Keeping, Replenishment at Sea Approaches (RASAPs), Flying Exercise (FYEX), Steam Past and PHOTOEX serials.
- INS Tabar: The stealth frigate is the third Talwar-class ship built in russia for the Indian navy, commissioned in april (2004), in Kaliningrad
- It is capable of conducting air, surface, and sub-surface missions,
- It can operate independently or as part of a larger naval task force.
- It serves in the Indian navy’s western fleet, based in mumbai.
- It is equipped with a range of weapons and sensors, including supersonic BrahMos anti-ship cruise missiles, and Barak-1 missiles.
- It is the first Talwar-class frigate to carry BrahMos missiles.
