Vietnam Defence Forum

[BoQ77]

Now that Vietnam is making AShMs under license, it should not be too difficult to develop a version with much more range.

They said the new missiles are Klub.
So it's logical as they put them on Molniya at angle.
I guess there're 4 missiles on new Molniya

 

[Carlosa]

They said the new missiles are Klub.
So it's logical as they put them on Molniya at angle.
I guess there're 4 missiles on Molniya

4 missiles is too little, there are other small ships like that carrying 4 on each side in a quad launcher.

Klub is the best choice.

 

[BoQ77]

4 missiles is too little, there are other small ships like that carrying 4 on each side in a quad launcher.

Klub is the best choice.

If you think Molniya could accommodate 1x40FT container each side

While at this moment, Molniya is naval Bal-E

 

[Viet]

Ok, those ships are very vulnerable once detected.

Any idea how many missiles will they carry?

I think the role of Molynia is to fire missile salvo to sink after our submarines or frigates or Su-30 bombers have disabled air defense shield of enemy destroyers and frigates. Once the missiles are fired, the Molynia will run away from the scene as fast as it can.

Molynia can carry 8 Kalibr and 8 Kh-35, so 16 missiles, I guess. As many as it carries today. The ship may have to be modified a bit to strengthen the superstructure. Or lengthened.

 

[Silent Knight]

8-12 missiles per boat is more than enough. We're talking about supersonic heavy missiles, not the smaller 3M24UE/KCT-15

 

[BoQ77]

Put them to old Tarantul-I or TT-400TP
4 missiles / each

 

[Silent Knight]

Well, a live-firing exercise by a Vietnamese mechanized infantry battalion. No HD footage of division and/or combined arms exercises yet, as the Armed Forces rarely releases those footage.

 

[Viet]

News of the day

Russia submarine rescue ship Igor Belousov just completed a visit to the Camranh bay. length 98m, weight 5,000 tons, 98 crew men. The news is especially interesting because it hints to

- Russia submarines operating in the South China Sea.

- Vietnam interest of cooperation with Russia in the field of submarine rescue operation, in addition to our cooperation with Singapore.

- our interest of acquiring a submarine rescue vessel.

 

[Carlosa]

If you think Molniya could accommodate 1x40FT container each side

While at this moment, Molniya is naval Bal-E

This is what I'm talking about:

4 Brahmos on each side

4 Yakhont on each side

6 Yakhont on each side

 

[Viet]

This is what I'm talking about:

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6 Yakhont on each side

I think that would be the configuration. 12 Yakhont or Kalibr. Best with both variants antiship missile and land attack missile. As both missile types are expensive and mighty, we probably need only 8. as silent knight points out. More is overkill.

 

[Carlosa]

I think that would be the configuration. 12 Yakhont or Kalibr. Best with both variants antiship missile and land attack missile. As both missile types are expensive and mighty, we probably need only 8. as silent knight points out. More is overkill.

I also think that 8 is good, but 4 is too little.

 

[Viet]

Vietnam made 73mm armor piercing shell for BMP-1 amphibious tank

 

[Viet]

a glimpse on Vietnam military complex

 

[Viet]

 

[Viet]

S-300 long range surface-to-air missile system is protected by air defence shield. one member of the shield is Strela-10M. Instead of sending the vehicles to Russia or employing Russian experts, the short-range surface-to-air missile system is going through a modernization program, carried out by domestic military companies.

Saving money.