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@Penguin :mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:

Oh I got that bit. I am referring to the NEW MDL tender for fabricating a 1/100 scale model of the P-15B as per the designs MDL will provide. It lists 16 cells for AShMs and 64 cells for SAMs. I wanted you to go through it.

For the 64 cell LR-SAM/SAM arrangement. Like I had said, there is space for another 16 VLU even on the Bs. Still feeling no love on the VSR though. Thales Nederlands and TASL had "jointly" offered the SMART-L for the IN, seems like it was not taken up...

Not really, it took two decades of ground working, slowly and steadily get here. But we are digressing. Back to the P-15B. The latest model tender I could get my hands on I've posted, now lets see where it goes. To reiterate:- The general bellyaching about the numbers does not bother me...

@The A-5 Yaar ye Sir wir kya laga rakha hai, just turned 23, bugger, same with new folks calling Abi sir, lad's no more than 21. The Capt. is a sir, so is Penguin..Joe sahib most definitely..we're all younglings. Japs build faster, 2-3 years for a heli carrier. :agree: AND 24 destroyers...

The pictures answer part of the question, note the huge a$$ goliath crane in it. :p:

NO! That's not true either, we end up understating or overstating things, even now the JMSDF is the premier navy in the region short of the USN in many ways, the problem is of scale and projections, the JMSDF is unlikely to opt for nuclear propulsion or a proper CBG and that is where its...

Yes, its called biding your time, they have the folks running helter skelter as they shore up on the mainland. Its not the fishing vessels which has got the maritime self defence forces running for the Atagos and Izumos. Understand, the JMSDF in qualitative terms has better ships, conventional...

To answer your specific question, NO, NO, AND NO AGAIN! Ain't blowing up on you man, but a bit tired of the ToT hoopla, have provided Dassault's definition and details pertaining to the Rafale ToT package in detail on the Rafale sticky thread.

That would make a nice urban legend.

The PLAN doesn't dick around, they have the world's largest navy the USN and one of the most advanced air force in the USN's aviation element coming at them along with the Japs and Koreans who have AEGIS ships lined up themselves. When we were still running about looking for an Austin they were...

So far.

No need for that yet, everyone was bellyaching that they wouldn't get the APAR running, and then their ships rolled into the sea with said APAR, they have a good grasp of it now and so they can. IF you want to compare what it can do to say a SMART-L then yes the latter is likely to still...

Nothing much, the spare space has been utilized for additional VLUs like I said they could be.

No one knows, no need to speculate who's idea it was or even if this will stick. But the model at least will exist.

@Armstrong Nope, finals group-1 coming in 4 months, no work, chutti! :p: They've built and operationalized their own APAR, so yes a L-BAND ASR is the next logical step, HIGHLY UNLIKELY that the above is propaganda.

@spectribution No models are for the IN, there is still scope for picking which one to go with since the same was done for the 15As even after the hull and the ship's structure were significantly complete. In fact the original model (yes the physical scale model of the 15A) did not have a...

Lolwa, sardaron ke naam pe laalchan laga hi de! S-band radar hai woh! Might as well fit an Arudhra then since we did the same with the land based 3DCAR for the Revathi. @spectribution It is ONE POSSIBLE design/model.arrangement. IF the IN really wanted to it could opt even for 64...

@Penguin @The A-5 @Omega007 @he-man @spectribution For the 64 cell LR-SAM/SAM arrangement. Like I had said, there is space for another 16 VLU even on the Bs. Still feeling no love on the VSR though. Thales Nederlands and TASL had "jointly" offered the SMART-L for the IN, seems like it was...

MDL disagrees with the RAN-40L speculations, at least the models they have commissioned do. After that its all up to the IN.