Posted on 09/17/2009 8:15:39 AM PDT by sukhoi-30mki
Navy to launch stealth destroyer tomorrow
INS Kochi has advanced stealth features that make it less vulnerable to detection by enemy radar. Its weapons system include the nuclear capable supersonic BrahMos surface-to-surface missile and Long Range Surface-to-Air missiles
The Indian Navy is scheduled to launch a stealth destroyer capable of carrying nuclear warheads here on Friday.
The 6,500-tonne warship INS Kochi was indigenously built by Mumbai-based Mazagon Dock Ltd and designed by the Directorate of Naval Design. It will add to the existing Delhi class fleet comprising INS Delhi, INS Mysore and INS Mumbai, according to a press release.
In keeping with the tradition, the warship will be launched by Madhulika Verma, the wife of Naval chief Admiral Nirmal Verma.
INS Kochi has advanced stealth features that make it less vulnerable to detection by enemy radar. Its weapons system include the nuclear capable supersonic BrahMos surface-to-surface missile and Long Range Surface-to-Air missiles, the release said.
It also has Multi-Function Radar System for acquiring data on surface and air targets. The ship will also be fitted with indigenously built twin-tube torpedo launchers and anti-submarine rocket launchers. The maximum speed of the ship is above 30 knots, the release said.
The destroyer will be launched using the pontoon-assisted launch technique, to be employed for the first time in the history of indigenous warship building.
This technique helps in overcoming slipway constraints and permits launching of heavier vessels.
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See picture here. http://www.domain-b.com/defence/sea/indian_navy/20090917_ins_kochi_domain-b.html
LOTS of near-vertical freeboard plus a remarkably cluttered superstructure do not place this vessel in a ‘world class stealth’ category.
If you are blind and deaf, it's stealth.
USS Zumwalt is coming in a few years. 14,500 ton destroyer. And truly stealthy.
Only three hulls planned.
“The number of ships required was planned to be between eight and 12 but, in July 2008, the US Navy announced that the DDG 1000 programme would be cancelled after the completion of the first two ships. The USN will instead continue with construction of further Arleigh Burke (DDG 51) destroyers. However, in August 2008, the USN announced that it had decided to provide funding for a third Zumwalt Class destroyer.”
http://www.naval-technology.com/projects/dd21/
Umm-that’s a Delhi class ship, which is a Project-15. 1980s design. The Kochi is a Project-15A.
OK. YOU find a pic ;-)
No comparison between this ship and the Zumwalts-but the projected number of ships have come down from over 30 to 3. And with the Big O in Washington-getting all three would be a big deal in itself.
There’s no pic since the first of the class will enter service by next year. The closest you have is the CGI I posted-VLS cells, Israeli radar and stealth mounted main gun.
Understood. ‘Cuz the pic posted with the news release is anything but stealthy ;-)
Also a 15-B in the works.
It’s more or less in the league of most current surface ships which employ RCS-reducing features.
Somehow, ‘14,500 tons’ and ‘stealth’ don’t seem to go together. It’s kind of like launching Shuttles with DoD payloads at night so no one will know. :-}
The 15B is an upgrade to the 15A, not a next generation design.
Do you think it will survive the upcoming China vs. India war?
Lets see if the Sino-Indian conflict goes to sea. If it ever takes off.
Nope.
Good grief! The USS Constellation sitting in Baltimore harbor has better stealth characteristics than the picture shown in this article.
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