Official details of P-15B destroyers & first image

[Kinetic]

Superstructure looks almost same to me. Good to see that they proceeded with Kolkata design smoothly..... atlast one good decision in last five years!

 

[Skull and Bones]

Beautiful.

 

[Kinetic]

Can you guys please list the changes from P-15A?? Weapons and sensors looks same except the main gun.

1) Flush deck
2) Reduced radar/infrared/sound signature
3) ?



All About the INS Visakhapatnam, Navy's Most Powerful Destroyer

 

[Koovie]

I think I am in love

 

[munchkin]

7,300 tons. That's a far cry from 055's 12,000 tons.

 

[Skull and Bones]

7,300 tons. That's a far cry from 055's 12,000 tons.

So?

 

[munchkin]

So?

This is not a new platform. Still the same platform as Delhi class. 052 platform which started Luhu is replaced by 055 platform which is 22 meters wide.

 

[Skull and Bones]

This is not a new platform. Still the same platform as Delhi class. 052 platform which started Luhu is replaced by 055 platform which is 22 meters wide.

So?

 

[munchkin]

So?

So why doesn't India develop a new destroyer platform?

 

[shaheenmissile]

I think I am in love

Marry her and have kids

 

[Skull and Bones]

So why doesn't India develop a new destroyer platform?

Our threat perception doesn't need any bigger platform, as long as the new subsystems can be integrated in to the existing size.

 

[SR-91]

Marry her and have kids

Kids will come out looking like "TUG BOATS".



No offense to @Koovie

 

[Water Car Engineer]

Rather disappointing.

 

[The Huskar]

Will the number of VLS remain the same as P15?

 

[kakathiya]

Can you guys please list the changes from P-15A?? Weapons and sensors looks same except the main gun.

1) Flush deck
2) Reduced radar/infrared/sound signature
3) ?



All About the INS Visakhapatnam, Navy's Most Powerful Destroyer

There are some important differences between the Navy's Kolkata class destroyers and the Visakhapatnam class though they share the same hull-design and Ukrainian-built Zorya gas turbines.

• The Visakhapatnam will be armed with a 127 mm main gun while the INS Kolkata has a 76mm Super Rapid Gun Mount (SRGM). Both classes share the AK-630 close-in anti-missile gun system.
• The sonar of the Visakhapatnam will be bow mounted and will feature a a revised bridge layout.
• The design of the mast, which features the main radar has been revised. The Visakhapatnam will provide its crew greater protection in a nuclear, chemical or biological warfare scenario.
• She also features a rail-less helicopter traversing system to secure the helicopter she carries in heavy sea conditions.
• Central to the Visakhapatnam is network-centric layout. She is equipped with a Ship Data Network (SDN), an Automatic Power Management System and a Combat Management System. Essentially, all information critical for the operation of the warship during all operations is available to key officers through the SDN which the Navy describes as a data information highway.
• The Visakhapatnam is being launched on April 20 and will be delivered to the Indian Navy in July 2018. The remaining three ships will be delivered at an interval of two years each.