K 83 VIDYUT class Weapon Systems // Ships // Small Combatants

These missile craft were transferred to India after service in the Soviet Navy. The SS-N-2a Styx** missile tubes were removed from the VIJETA and NASHAT for installation in the frigates TALWAR and TRISHUL ; the defanged Osas apparently remain in service as patrol craft. The Osa I has an all-welded-steel hull with a superstructure of fabricated steel and aluminum alloy. There is a long, narrow deckhouse with the 4 launchers for Styx anti-ship missiles mounted amidships and aft. The launchers...