First Project-15B Visakhapatnam-Class Stealth Guided Missile Destroyer Launched

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Indigenous Sub-Systems to be Integrated on Project-15B Visakhapatnam-Class Stealth Guided Missile Destroyers

Project 15B will retain the same hull as 15A Kolkata-class destroyers, but there will be significant changes in the superstructure that will improve the ships stealth characteristics, it will incorporate a flush deck, include better acoustic signature and infrared signature reduction systems and more sophisticated weaponry such as: Nirbhay land-attack cruise missiles, supersonic anti-ship BrahMos and Barak 8-ER SAMs. They will operate two helicopters, and are expected to displace approximately 8,000 tonnes at full displacement (500 tonnes more than 15A).​

 

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INS Vishakhapatnam: Indian Navy's new stealth destroyer ship launched - The Economic Times

 

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The 127/64 LW - VULCANO is a medium caliber gun suitable for installation on large and medium size ships and intended for surface fire and naval gunfire support as main role and anti-aircraft fire as secondary role. The compactness of the gun feeding system makes possible the installation on narrow section crafts.​

INS Visakhapatnam has 65 % Indigenous content

Indigenous content in INS Visakhapatnam which will be launched today and also will be India’s biggest Destroyer stands at 65 % which includes 11 indigenous weapons and sensor systems of indigenous content.

Ship will enter into water for the first time and weapons and other integration will take place in next few months and the ship is poised to be inducted by June 2018.

INS Visakhapatnam will share Sensors and processing systems of INS Kolkata, the main radar will be housed in revised mast for better tracking range. Ships structure will provide its crew greater protection in a nuclear, chemical or biological warfare scenario.

INS Visakhapatnam will also share similar weapons as INS Kolkata class ships one exception has been that the ship will get more powerful 127 mm main gun while the INS Kolkata featured a 76mm Oto Melara SRGM. BrahMos, Barak-8, and 4 AK-630 CIWS will be common in both ships. Stealth aspect of the ship has been enhanced and improvements made on radar deck fitting.

INS Visakhapatnam will be inducted in 2018, sister ships INS Paradip in 2020, INS Marmagoa in 2022 and unnamed last ship in 2024 as per schedule released by MDL . last two ships might get better weapons in form of BrahMos NG if the weapon system in ready for induction .

Source:- INS Visakhapatnam has 65 % Indigenous content | idrw.org

INS Visakhapatnam, Navy's new destroyer with enhanced capability, launched in Mumbai​

New Delhi: Indian Navy's new destroyer, Visakhapatnam, with enhanced capability to operate in nuclear, biological and chemical atmosphere, launched in Mumbai on Monday.

The ship is the first of the four follow follow-up order of the Kolkata class warships and will give a major flip to India's maritime capabilities when it is inducted in 2018.

Launch of the ship means that it is being put into the sea. The total cost of the project is little over Rs 29,600 crore.

"Kolkata Class did not have a full-fledged Total Atmosphere Control System (TAC). The TAC system provides you with the capability of operating in a fall-out region, be it a nuclear, chemical or biological almost endlessly...because the complete air being taken inside is through nuclear, biological and chemical filters except in the machinery compartment," Rear Admiral AK Saxena, Director General (Naval Design) said.

Those entering the machinery compartment in a fall-out region will have to wear specialised masks to protect themselves.

The ship, named Visakhapatnam (Project 15 B), a stealth destroyer, is 65 per cent indigenous and has a number of weapon systems which have been made at home.

At 7,300 tonnes, Visakhapatnam will be the largest destroyer commissioned by the Indian Navy and will be equipped with the Israeli Multi Function Surveillance Threat Alert Radar (MF-STAR).

This will provide targeting information to 32 Barak 8 long-range surface to air missiles onboard the warship, that is being co-developed by India with Israel.

The Barak 8 missile is being integrated in to the Navy's new destroyer, INS Kolkata and will be test-fired by October, Navy officials said.

The ship will also be carrying 8 BrahMos missiles. Project 15 and Project 15-B will share the same hull-design and Ukrainian-built Zorya gas turbines.

Navy officials said the Visakhapatnam is likely to be inducted in the Indian Navy by 2018.

Source:- INS Visakhapatnam, Navy's new destroyer with enhanced capability, launched in Mumbai - Firstpost

 

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#Visakhapatnam Length-163 m; will be propelled by 4 gas turbines; speed of 30+ knots at a displacement of 7300 tons.

 

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