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How would you know? It doesn't exist as yet.
A model of the Brahmos-M / Brahmos-NG was showcased on 20 February 2013, at the 15th anniversary celebrations of BrahMos Corporations.
A decision was taken only in 2014 to build the mini-BrahMos.
https://in.rbth.com/blogs/2015/07/03/the_brahmos_is_just_beginning_44045
http://carnegieendowment.org/2015/07/03/brahmos-is-just-beginning/id0b
In 2015, Sputnik news states that "after Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) handed over the first BrahMos-A missile integrated Su-30MKI aircraft to the Indian Air Force, Indian and Russian designers concentrated on creating the supersonic mini-BrahMos (BrahMos-M) missiles" The article still speaks in future tense of the Brahmos-M, suggesting there is not an operational missile yet, let alone a functional prototype
Read more: http://sputniknews.com/politics/20150227/1018859989.html#ixzz488vhzXXX
The need for Brahmos-M has arisen because not even the big-*** Su-30 can carry more than 1 Brahmos-A, and Brahmos-A cannot be fired from 553mm torpedo tubes (i.e. requires installation of a VLS for adoption in submarines)
http://www.therussophile.org/brahmos-first-made-in-india-project-continues-successfully.html/
First test flight is expected to take place in 2017–18.
https://www.ibcworldnews.com/2015/03/13/brahmos-mini-is-now-officially-brahmos-ng-next-generation/
So it will easily be 2020 before there is an operational Indian missile of this type.....
By contrast, kh-31 has been operational since 1982 and in service since 1988. In antiship and anti-radiation versions. Hundreds have been produced.
Known Operators
Possible/Potential operators
- Russia
- Algeria
- Syria
- India
- China
- Indonesia
- Peru
- Venezuela
- Vietnam
- Malaysia
The US Navy has bought Kh-31 derived MA-31 target drones
- North Korea
- Iran
How is a Sigma 9814 not intented to survive a war with China?
Vietship 2014 the new SIGMA 9814 class was to be fitted with:
8x MBDA Exocet MM40 Block 3
12x MBDA MICA VL surface-to-air missiles (in VLS)
1x Oto Melara 76mm main gun
2x Oto Melara MARLIN-WS 30mm gun mounts
These armaments and various sensors are just there for show? The ship is not survivable, has no damage control?
Agree, 8-round launcher is standard.
Which ships, specifically, and what are their relevant dimensions? I.e. smaller in what way?
The MF-Star on the Saar 5 INS Lahav does not appear to have the same size and shape antennas as the Indian Kolkata ships. Plus, the four antennas are split over 2 masts.
Compara antenna's to RBU and 76mm main gun and then project to Kamorta P28. Where Saar 5 has a Phalanx, it can also mount a 76mm instead
http://defense-update.com/20070727_mf_star.html
Yes indeed, even if there is space for 2*8 Barak 8 on P28, this is useless without MF-STAR, that missile integrated with MF-STAR.
The only possibility is if there any add on mast with smaller MFSTAR in Israel that can go in P28.
There is no space for MF-STAR behind