INS KOLKATA STATS
1 X 76MM SRGM
4 X AK 630 30MM CIWS
16 X BRAHMOS AShM
12 X 4 BARAK 8 LRSAM ( 12 IN EACH VLS CELL)
4 X 533MM TORPEDO TUBES
12 X 2 RBU 6000 ROCKET LAUNCHER
2 X HELICOPTERS SEA KING / DHRUV
7200 TONS WEIGHT
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01 April 2006 - 06:57 AM
A lethal combination of stealth and strength
Arunkumar Bhatt
INS Kolkata is the most complex multi-role destroyer
MUMBAI: Armed with supersonic BrahMos cruise missiles, INS Kolkata is the l argest and most lethal multi-role destroyer of the Indian Navy. It will be the first of Project 15 Alpha. Though of the Delhi class, it has been modified extensively to add stealth.
As Roopa Byce, wife of Vice-Admiral Sangram Singh Byce, Flag Officer Commanding-In-Chief of the Western Naval Command, pressed a button on Thursday, the warship slid down the slipway of the Mazagon Dock into the Arabian Sea to the tune of Sare jehan se achchha.
Ms. Byce named the destroyer, resplendent in colourful buntings, Kolkata.
The destroyer's keel was laid in September 2003. It is likely to be commissioned in the Navy in 2010. Two more Kolkata class vessels will be inducted in the subsequent two years.
The Kolkata has 16 BrahMos launchers — eight on each side.
The destroyer is likely to get long-range surface-to-air missile (SAM). The Mazagon Dock has not named the missile but indicated that it is being "co-developed" by the Defence Research and Development Organisation.
Vertical launch system
A defence source said the destroyer might have a 24-cell vertical launch system for SAMs in its forward and aft areas, making it a total of 48. Four AK-630 rapid-fire guns would back the missiles. The ship will have a gun for surface targets. There are also twin-tube torpedo launchers and anti-submarine rocket launchers.
Besides a
multi-function radar system, the destroyer has the Humsa-NG hull mounted sonar and a Nagin active towed array sonar.
Like the Delhi class, Kolkata will be able to operate two multi-role helicopters.
All sensors and weapons are integrated in a state-of-the-art system; the networking of the weapons and censors will enable the warship to combat multi-threats in different dimensions simultaneously.
INS Kolkata's sides are covered and rounded, making detection difficult. All missile launchers and bases of the superstructure are covered for the same reason. A four reversible gas turbine propulsion system will afford the warship to cruise in excess of 30 knots.
Chief of the Army Staff Gen. J.J. Singh, who was the chief guest, stressed the need for an advanced and strong navy in the emerging geo-political scenario.
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PS ; I asked MDL officials at defence expo 2014 about VLS cells, they said 48 Barak 8 VLS and 16 Brahmos. No. of VLS cells are same as Chinese TYPE 052D if you don't count their pathetic excuse of SAM missiles for point defence against supersonic missile
FL3000N 24 cell pack which compensates for HHQ 9's inability to intercept sea skimming supersonic missiles.
