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dad is in ips...has many friends...so yes..

had a chat with mdl officer..dads friend..candidly stated ins kolkata will have 32 barak8 placed in 4 8chambered vls,n another 32 in ready to fire mode in adjacent hidden vls,just move into position to fire...contrary to our view if using cranes fr reloading n all,he said vls modules,itself r...

for people who do not know the entire aegis system is a program,where every code,every missile launched is tracked and guided by usa sat systems...such is the level of dependance on the usa,in case of indian missiles,russia neither has the will nor the capability to monitor such closely...infact...

hobarts r not yet here..and a budget can may lead to only 2 being inducted...and aegis gives superior aircover as of now...but sea engagement and subsurface engagement poorer..and again that point raised earlier...all these systems r us controlled...no nation east of suez can boast of a...

amdr will not bd any superior than the follow up of elta mf stars on p15b....and p15b.. will have barak er...reducing the gap between aegis n barak systems...often missiles r downed in mid phase..so more than range..accuracy matters...and i can trust israel here....plus brahmos hypersonic and...

it will join only in 2016..if no further delays and yet it will have only 8 harpoons and 48vls,.system lik the aegis group...very good ..but 15b by 2017..0r 18

well that thailand didnt buy them even at incentivised rates is one good reason...and am not doubting their quality...just looking at specs given..chinese type 52d doesnt look superior in any way to kolkata class....off course it is a good ship and is being mass produced...often many good ships...

vey true..but none from countries on the east of suez....and forget japan and korea,...if the usa doesnt wish,even guidance of their missile systems wudnt work..

mf star and barak are items which israel will mount on its latest ships.....i hold that as ample proof

well available info about either classes dont suggest so...and chinese aegis concept is not a proven one...

india needs at least 6 destroyers within 2015...new ..in a decade insted of producing 3 ,any sane nation wud hav 6 destroyers..quality is all good and ok...but chinese swarming tactics can turn any battle in their favour...3 destroyers per decade is shameful!!!

maximum air defence range for aegis is 160...240km..https://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htada/articles/20131128.aspx..not 1500km range sams..

aegis destroyers dont have 3000km long sams!!!

...but we need to hav some internal rail mechanism for it,and whether we have it or not is a big question!!☺

but it is damn beautiful...india wud need six such beauites for indian ocean domination

in another forum,i was told by a respected member,that the space between the barak 2 vls n brahmos launcher,were holding the barak 8 canisters,and in the aft,the space between two barak 8 vls,also holding another set. To state his point,he also said,that by doing so kolkata has far less than...

ok...it now seems we have 32 barak 2 on board in ins kolkata in ready to fire mode...while 32 another in canisterised stored pattern in internal storage,which can be fit into position at a time interval of 5 mins warning....but we would need cranes for these...during war time,this cranes can be...

...isnt this a cruiser ??too many vls for a destroyer!!

usa funds israel research nd its defence budget...usa didnt allow china to get the awacs...it simply was silent in our case....and korea has a lot to offer us even in hull building...they r the worlds largest ship builder..plus a military giant with wide scale private industry set up,in allmost...

guys me thinks standard fitment of missiles on kolkata will be 80..including 16 brahmos...i mean..it has 80+ in ins delhi,n 64 on ins shivalik....so that means 64 baraks..not sure whether all barak 2 or not,and initially may sail with barak 1