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The sunburn has a range of 120km compared the the 300 km for the BRAHMOSAlso, we will not be able to deploy the long-range P-700 Granit (over 300 km range, which cannot be transferred due to MTCR), which would make it somewhat weak against similar surface combatants. Do not forget that PLAN has Sunburns on its Sovremenny class destroyers which has same ranhe as Brahmos.
Also since, Missiles and sub-systems are costly (example, lets take Nirbhay ship-launched version), it would be wise to have two destroyers instead of one cruiser. If one is damaged (and has to retire from combat) or sunk, the other would still remain operational.
India cannot afford CG (X) type ships. Moreover, CG (X) class being nuclear powered (most likely), US will not be selling it.
Project 956/EM Sovremenny Class Missile Destroyer - SinoDefence.com
I did not mean buy CG(X) . I believe that should be the template for future indian designed cruisers(i have been talking about indian designed cruisers from the beginning of this thread), as far as the cost aspect is concerned; i agree cruisers are costlier ships but they pack double the punch as i have outlined in one of my posts earlier on this thread. The PLAN is expanding we cannot hope to match the chinese in nos but we can match them in capability; we should be planning on enlarging our forthcoming destroyers like the kolkata to cruiser levels. As i have outlined with the Arleigh burke and ticonderoga weight comparison earlier; modern frontline destroyers with comparable hitting power weigh as much as cruisers.No navy operates destroyers as single units; they are operated mainly as Carrier escorts something an air defence cruiser can do much better than an air defence destroyer.