Very sleek and efficient looking. 5k tons and willing to post 30 knots. This is a Destroyer sized and armed type ship that can probably turn 33+ knots when really pushed by a dedicated snipe crew. Is this a one screw or two screw ship? Can't really tell from the pic of the fantail. Guess I'll goggle her sister ships.
At first glance I'd have to say congrats to the Indians.
It’s still covered by obvious radar reflectors. I suspect the RCS is still substantial.
The media LOVES to call things “stealth” - it’s got a little bit of shaping but it’s hardly a “stealth frigate.”
At first glance I'd have to say congrats to the Indians. Chinese.
Your first glance congrats should go to the cunning Orientals because this
ins actually a PLAN ship (large ship number on forward hull), specifically the Type 054
Ma'anshan (SSMs in canisters amidships, mulitple HQ-7 short ramge SAM launcher on 01 deck)
The Indian Navy uses a medium size ship number (with F prefix) amidships
The Project 17 ships carry their SSMs Vertically launched from the forward deckhouse and the short ranged SAMs (equivilent to the HQ-7) are Israeli Barack-1s fired from vertical launchers on either side of the hull just abaft the stack.
The launcher on the forward deckhouse is a longer range (similar to the Euro Aster-15) 9M38 SAM missile, much bigger that the Chinese HQ-7 (Its warhead weighs alomst as much as the entire Chinese missile)
The Indian ship is a third heavier, faster, heavier weaponry, more radar, twice as many helcopters and really the closest thing to a Destroyer sized and armed type ship today.