Abingdonboy
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That's actually a myth. A dedicated corvette with its own intergrated ASW aviation asset that can shadow a submarine for days/weeks/months or search vast stretches of water on its own is by far the best ASW around. P-8Is are excellent but they cannot remain on station for prolonged periods of time.Sub are best hunted by other subs and Dedicated air assets like P-8I.
There is no one "silver bullet" but number of complimentary assets with overlapping strengths is what is helping the IN build one of the finest ASW capabilties on the planet.
No way are the IN's P-28s getting Brahmos- they don't have the need, they are dedicated ASW corvettes and I am bit skeptical about the BARAK-8, the Maitri is already being lined up for it.P28 will get BARAK 8 during next mid refit, it was officially reported a while back. If BARAK 8 is installed, then there is fair chance it will be installed with MF star to increase lethality. BRAMHOS is confirmed but I believe it will be 8 only. I haven't heard of LW series on Kamorta class so far honestly.