High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! INS Tabar (F44) (translated as Battle axe) is the third of the Talwar-class frigates of the Indian Navy. The frigate was commissioned on 19 April 2004 in Kaliningrad, Russia. INS Tabar is the first vessel in the Talwar class to be armed with supersonic BrahMos (PJ-10) anti-ship cruise missiles. She is also equipped with Barak 1 missiles. The commissioning CO of Tabar was Capt.Ag Thapliyal