Indian Navy Developments & Discussions

[Adm_Kenobi]

BrahMos is cold-launched and Nirbhay is hot-launch.
The current BrahMos UVLM can easily launch a Nirbhay...but for just once

LR-LACM will be integrated with UVLM.

 

[SwordOfDarkness]

This is what I have been saying as well. It is more practical to have two types of UVLS strike missiles AShM & AShBM... Other for smaller platform like various SAMs & BMD.

We'll be needing AShBM & BMD onboard our ships very soon. Have no doubt. Anti-sub Kamorta Class platform may be expanded to an Air-defence escort as well.

I think its possible to use UVLS

0.8x0.8m, 8-8.5 m deep, hot launch. Similar to US, just slightly bigger.


will be big enough to quad pack long range anti air (~500-550 mm wingspan). Should fit bramhos too, only need to turn it into hot launch missile (booster redesign only).

Plus, is big enoug for BMD and AShBM also.

 

[Ayan Barat]

LR-LACM will be integrated with UVLM.

BrahMos booster replaced by Nirbhay's.
Nirbhay booster replaced by BrahMos's.

Which way!?

 

[shade2]

I still think this MoU and ToT from Japan thing was not really needed.

Firstly, it's not that hard of a technology to develop if we had really tried; our radar technology is in no way inferior to Japanese. And secondly, this Japanese approach of an unified mast feels like a half baked idea; where you have a pyramid base for half the sensors and then a tall, weirdly suggestive looking thing for remaining half.

I personally feel the approach of Thales or Selex integrated masts to be much more elegant and simple
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We could have easily made this

Which navies operate ships with integrated masts?
As i have said before i am monke with navy tech but i've seen a similar structure on all the EU Big 4 countries latest frigates, those Dutch frigates that they export and now the Japanese dildo frigate

Burgers most mysteriously just put all their eggs in the Zumwalt basket and have 80s designed ships otherwise so i don't think they have this

 

[Adm_Kenobi]

BrahMos booster replaced by Nirbhay's.
Nirbhay booster replaced by BrahMos's.

Which way!?

Neither. ADE/BDL are working on a different canister for LR-LACM, need not utilise the 800mm BrahMos canister for a missile that is <600mm.
Hot launch from UVLM is possible.

 

[Ayan Barat]

Which navies operate ships with integrated masts?
As i have said before i am monke with navy tech but i've seen a similar structure on all the EU Big 4 countries latest frigates, those Dutch frigates that they export and now the Japanese dildo frigate

Burgers most mysteriously just put all their eggs in the Zumwalt basket and have 80s designed ships otherwise so i don't think they have this

The Holland Class OPV uses the exact same model of integrated mast from Thales, not just the concept

 

[shade2]

Just a thought, can we take over Chittagong by landing troops on their shore/beaches?
Or is it just better to do a land invasion from Tripura?

I saw on google maps that their port and kanglu naval base in Chittagong is riverine and not on the coast, so is the rest of the city proper, it's a bit inland, close to river

They seem to have one beach, the rest of the coastline seems to be marshes

 

[Fatalis]

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