2nd ship of India's new destroyer line, the Visakhapatnam-class, will be launched on Sept 17

[vishwambhar]

What a beauty..... How many BRAHMOS missiles she can carry...

 

[maverick1977]

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Second P15B (Visakhapatnam-class) destroyer 'Marmugao' to be launched on Sept 17.

This is great. It will be a great naval battle between IN and PN....

 

[CONNAN]

What a beauty..... How many BRAHMOS missiles she can carry...

total 16 , 8x8 VLS configuration

 

[Yongpeng Sun-Tastaufen]

total 16 , 8x8 VLS configuration

Very few. Type 052D has 64 VLS, Type 055 has 112 VLS. Hell, even Type 054A has 32 VLS.

 

[CONNAN]

Very few. Type 052D has 64 VLS, Type 055 has 112 VLS. Hell, even Type 054A has 32 VLS.

Well that's what the Navy wanted

 

[Yongpeng Sun-Tastaufen]

Well that's what the Navy wanted

8 by 8 is 64, not 16. Anyway, the ship seems to be similar to Type 052D, but still falls behind Type 055.

 

[CONNAN]

8 by 8 is 64, not 16. Anyway, the ship seems to be similar to Type 052D, but still falls behind Type 055.

it is 2x8 total 16 my bad it was a typo

 

[Yongpeng Sun-Tastaufen]

it is 2x8 total 16 my bad it was a typo

In that case it is weaker than Type 052C which China is already phasing out. Also, 4 ships is very few. That's even less than 6 Type 052C built. Even Type 055 cruiser is 16 planned.

 

[CONNAN]

In that case it is weaker than Type 052C which China is already phasing out. Also, 4 ships is very few. That's even less than 6 Type 052C built. Even Type 055 cruiser is 16 planned.

the reasons are only know to god why IN build their ships mostly 5 to 10 per batch may be funding issues. I am not exactly sure , but this is the way Indian navy procurement policy follows

 

[Yongpeng Sun-Tastaufen]

the reasons are only know to god why IN build their ships mostly 5 to 10 per batch may be funding issues. I am not exactly sure , but this is the way Indian navy procurement policy follows

3 Kolkata and 4 Visakhapatnam. That's 7 total. That's barely 1 more ship than the 6 Type 052C, and only a fraction of the 25 Type 052D.

 

[Varunastra]

Very few. Type 052D has 64 VLS, Type 055 has 112 VLS. Hell, even Type 054A has 32 VLS.

It has 48 VLS, there are 32(4x8) VLS for barak 8 also along with 16(2x8) for brahmos.

 

[Yongpeng Sun-Tastaufen]

It has 48 VLS, there are 32(4x8) VLS for barak 8 also along with 16(2x8) for brahmos.

Still less than Type 052D's 64 VLS and Type 055's 112 VLS.

 

[Varunastra]

Still less than Type 052D's 64 VLS and Type 055's 112 VLS.

Adequate for our use case now. Brahmos is a very potent supersonic weapon and not to mention heavy compared to others missiles carried by similar warships like type 052D, also contributing to lesser numbers. The number of missiles carried is not always what makes a potent warship.

 

[Yongpeng Sun-Tastaufen]

With 48 VLS it is barely equal to Type 052C which has 48 VLS. However Type 052C was commissioned in 2004 and should be phased out soon.

 

[Bilal9]

Why is it always launch without bridge?

This is always the case in India. While the hull can vacate the building yard, it can float outside moored and they can float out smaller superstructure components by crane/barge and install bridge/superstructure
items.

Vacating the build yard allows a new hull to be started early.

Indian Navy folks are (ahem) thrifty, they will do this instead of building new ship yards.