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 ...
-——the 64 missiles -——
My plan is to attack INS Kolkata with 70 missles
Haven’t battleships long been rendered obsolete by air power?
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!
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.