The ''Chamak''-class missile boats (NATO code Osa II class) of the
Indian Navy
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were an
India
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n variant of the
Soviet
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Project 205 Moskit
The Project 205 Moskit (''mosquito'') more commonly known by their NATO reporting name Osa, are a class of missile boats developed for the Soviet Navy in the late 1950s. Until 1962 this was classified as a large torpedo boat.
The Osa class is ...
The Osa-II Class missile boats formed the 25th Missile Vessel (K25) Squadron, also known as the Killers, based at Vizag. Osa is the Russian word for Wasp. All eight missile boats have been decommissioned from service.
Ships of the class
References
{{Ship classes of the Indian Navy
India–Soviet Union relations