Posted on 05/09/2014 2:42:46 AM PDT by sukhoi-30mki
Good job india — now you need 20 more of these. Control the Indian ocean!
Interesting that they chosen a heavier platform. This is on the order of a light cruiser.
Looks like a cross between an RN Daring Class destroyer and one of those Spanish Aegis frigates ...
Actually, meant the De Zeven Provincien Class frigate, not the Spanish one ...
Anyone else notice they bought Ukrainian gas turbines? I wonder if the city where they where built, Nikolaiv, is on Putler’s acquisition list. Does that also imply that Ukrainian technology is equivalent to GE’s or Siemens’?
AFAIK, USN operates at least one former-Soviet ship built in Nikolaev.
The same turbines were used on the Delhi class ships, which precede the new vessels. So, it makes sense to stick to a common system.
-——the 64 missiles -——
My plan is to attack INS Kolkata with 70 missles
Do you know the name of this ship?
Haven’t battleships long been rendered obsolete by air power?
Any more info on that? I remember when the CC outfitted their new, at that time, cutters with combustion turbines. They were impressive. I was on a DDG that got left behind in a race off Gitmo.
First, a point of order. This is a destroyer, not a battleship. Now, on to the central question of your post: An aircraft’s missiles and bombs are indeed a threat to surface combatant ships. But there are many things that ships can do that aircraft cannot. They include, but are not limited to - persistent presence, detailed investigation of potential threats as opposed to simply shooting things, carrying a landing party (the Indian national oil company has contracted to exploit oil/gas fields in dispute with China, and carrying a far greater payload.
7,200 tonnes of bristling steel, Indeed! (Or Aluminum?)
I love the turban-shaped superstructure. Excessive top-hamper, but nice ethnic touch. Also plenty of space on the foredeck for the standard all-singing, all-dancing Bollywood Finale!
Interesting points. Thanks
USNS LCPL ROY M. WHEAT formerly 'Vladimir Vaslyaev' a project 1609 aka Atlantika-class rolker. First built in 1979, all officially were a part of Soviet merchant marine, but they were designed by Russian Navy engineers and built in Ukraine as a non-economic super-fast vessels (26 knots) unfit for commercial shipping by default. It is believed that the idea behind these ships was to move armor across Atlantic in case of war. I couldn't find a photo of Wheat, but here is a photo of another such vessel.
You combine this with Japan’s Naval buildup and this is the response that China gets when it tries to bully it’s neighbors. Unlike Western Europe, I feel we have reliable partners in the Indian Ocean and the Far East against China’s agression.
The Indian Navy also seems to be doing a lot of good work in combatting Piracy.
Read #16.
Wouldn't that take care of the "un-economic" aspect?
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