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On Wednesday, the Indian Navy commissions its newest and most powerful destroyer, the INS Kochi. At 7,500 tonnes, the Kochi, which has been built at Mazgaon Docks, Mumbai, is one of the largest ships of its class in the world and incorporates state of the art sensors and weapon systems. The most potent sensor on the Kochi is the Israeli built MF-STAR phased array radar capable to tracking targets several hundreds of kilometres away. The Kochi is also armed with a new generation of Surface to Air Missiles, the Indo-Israeli Barak-8 which can reportedly intercept enemy aircraft and missiles 100 kilometres away. The Kochi is the second in a class of three Kolkata class destroyers being built in India.
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The Navy's latest destroyer named Kochi is being commissioned by the Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar in Mumbai on Wednesday.

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The 7,500 ton destroyer has cost Rs.3900 crores and has been built over a period of ten years at Mazgaon Docks Limited, Mumbai.

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The Kochi's 76mm Oto-Melara Super Rapid Gun Mount (SRGM) being tested ahead of the ship being commissioned.

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The Kochi's 76mm Super Rapid Gun mount in the foreground with the large Israeli built MF-STAR phased array radar visible on top of the mast of the Kochi.

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The Bridge of the Kochi.

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The Kochi's RBU-6000 anti-submarine rocket launcher, Barak missile silos and main gun visible from the Bridge of the Kochi.

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The Machinery Control Room (MCR) onboard the destroyer Kochi.

Crew rest areas on the Kochi.

Automatic dosa maker in the galley of the Kochi. The galley feeds a crew of 390 officers and men.

Armed to conquer," the motto of the Kochi.
 
Some body please tell me what is the use of a heavy gun on ship in this new age of war?even US Navy also have such gun in their latest ships.
 
Some body please tell me what is the use of a heavy gun on ship in this new age of war?even US Navy also have such gun in their latest ships.

you don't want to fire a million dollars worth a missile into opv or small enemy boats and if the missiles ran out what will you do???
 
secondary capability to shoot down missiles.

isn't that the area of CIWS?? how many rounds per min this main guns can fire?? and what will be the accuracy against Incoming missiles??
 
Nice pic.....

Can someone tell how many missiles does this ship carry?? What are the offensive and defensive weapons in this type of destroyer....
 
On Board India's Deadliest New Warship: 10 Facts


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The Kochi's RBU-6000 anti-submarine rocket launcher, Barak missile silos and main gun visible from the Bridge of the Kochi.

whatsup with these pics?
the RBU-6000 anti-submarine rocket launcher is not visible in rest of the pictures-
 
isn't that the area of CIWS?? how many rounds per min this main guns can fire?? and what will be the accuracy against Incoming missiles??

Super rapid Main gun can fire 120 rds/min.Its secondary anti missile capability is why IN chose this gun over 127 mm gun which is purely for shore bombardment.
Uses pre formed fragmentation rounds/or DART ammo against missiles with range over 1-8 kms.
However in anti missile role its considered effective only against SUBSONIC missiles.
 
why it has taken 10 years to make this ship??
 

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