Indian Navy Developments & Discussions

[Corvus Splendens]

D67 with FS Chevallier

 

[Blood+]

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D67 with FS Chevallier

Mein Gott!! Even their tanker looks more stealthy than our 'stealth' destroyer.

 

[Ayan Barat]

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D67 with FS Chevallier

A nice serene sunset, the faint rays of sun touch your face one last time before they vanish behind that endless horizon, the vast ocean making you realise what more is your existing than a mere spec of dust, your whole life flashes by your eyes, that breathtakingly pretty girl you once saw in your college, this job, the family back at home...you contemplate everything while standing on top of 300kg of pure high explosive, 2t worth of kerosene and few hundred kilos of solid rocket fuel.

You ask one last time; what was your existence?

 

[Anants]

Mein Gott!! Even their tanker looks more stealthy than our 'stealth' destroyer.

yes with extra stealthy vertical pillars, and special bionic arm which looks like crane makes its super stealthy

 

[shade2]

Y'all nibbiars, What was the "original" armament config of P-15A/Kolkata class does anyone know?

I guess originally it was meant to be a iterative improvement design on arm-launcher toting Delhi class but IN made changes to get it to the current state, where the design/armament gulf between P-15 Delhi and P-15A Kolkata is much wider as compared to the minor changes between P-15A and P-15B

Dangerous consequences of warships built in India

According to a 2010 CAG report on warship building, this year the navy will have just 44 per cent of the destroyers it needs; 61 per cent of the frigates; and 20 per cent of its requirement of corvettes, reports Ajai Shukla.

www.rediff.com

Per this ancient article IN demanded changes to integrate the Barak-8 VLS SAM( was MF-STAR also added or was it originally planned ? ) in place of "Kashtan SAM" ( The ciws or is this something else? )

According to the CAG's audit report, the Kashtan surface-to-air missile was replaced with the Long Range Surface to Air Missile (LR-SAM), which the Defence R&D Organisation (DRDO) is still co-developing with Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI).

IN also demanded changes to "gun mount" but i can't make out if this is the 76mm front cannon replacing the Roosi 100mm cannon or some other gun.

Similarly, the navy decided to change the gun mount in March 2008, after the first ship was launched. This "necessitated redesign of the entire structure around the gun mount" says the CAG.

 

[shade2]

Mein Gott!! Even their tanker looks more stealthy than our 'stealth' destroyer.

Not stealthy but it sure looks sexy as compared to our utilitarian looking under-construction HSL class tankers

 

[Blood+]

yes with extra stealthy vertical pillars, and special bionic arm which looks like crane makes its super stealthy
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Han, abhi baal ke khaal nikalte raho aap. And it's not as if our stealth destroyer is lacking when it comes to vertical surfaces and clothe hangers sticking out of every bit of available real estate.

 

[Bleh]

Mein Gott!! Even their tanker looks more stealthy than our 'stealth' destroyer.

That's the point of it... It isn't. It's just the fore-section shaping that's giving that effectI. It's just looks, we shouldn't care much for looks.

 

[Anants]

Han, abhi baal ke khaal nikalte raho aap. And it's not as if our destroyer is lacking when it comes to vertical surfaces and clothe hangers sticking out of every bit of real estate.

Sorry you dry fish over them and not clothes. Our ships shall have plasma stealth so shape does not matter </sarc

 

[Blood+]

That's the point of it... It isn't. It's just the fore-section shaping that's giving that effectI. It's just looks, we shouldn't care much for looks.

I know, but can't we just make our designs a little more... you know?? Streamlined and clean??

 

[Fatalis]

Shamelessly stolen from Reddit

 

[Fatalis]

My 2 cents for Surat:

There are 70 ways to keep a man happy: 1 is alcohol rest is D69

 

[shade2]

View: https://x.com/ajaynewsman/status/1879492630968721508

Patrakar got high res pics of commissioning

Another pic on wiki article of INS Nilgiri, looks like from it's sea trials but never seen this before

 

[Corvus Splendens]

View: https://x.com/ajaynewsman/status/1879492630968721508

Patrakar got high res pics of commissioning

Another pic on wiki article of INS Nilgiri, looks like from it's sea trials but never seen this before

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The match is heating up, don't leave your seats

 

[ArjunMK1A]

Y'all nibbiars know what type of mine-countermeasure will the L&T MPV be able to do?
Is it dragging the minesweeper behind or the modern kind with ROVs to find and blow up the mines?


View: https://x.com/AdithyaKM_/status/1845777277834949072

Damn, Entire weapons load situated at front. Hope they rearrange them along the ship to avoid fatal damage to the ship.

 

[Ayan Barat]

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The match is heating up, don't leave your seats

Damn you...beat me to it

 

[shade2]

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The match is heating up, don't leave your seats

Damn you...beat me to it
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DFB nibbiar challenge

If you were allowed to, what all would you fit on the bow for armament?
You have to keep the RBUs, but you can move it to the back or front whatever.

Just how much can we missile-max with the khali-sthan on the ship?
24x brahmos with 48 Barak8s?