I’m not sure about the Turkish frigate. If you’re talking about MP-750 radar, first of all, what is the relationship between the first blind speed and whether the radar can detect BrahMos, and I think BrahMos is more like a high-speed flight MIG21,
More importantly, there is an AESA on the 054AP
And there are 8 YJ12 supersonic anti-ship missiles, Mach 2-4, 400 km range,
Unless you are covered with underwater sonar around Karachi, 039B submarines will still slip away under your feet.
1.) Your current Type 054 has no AESA, its got a Type 345 radar for its HQ-16 SAM system.
2.) Above first blind speed, a pulse doppler radar can't measure the radial velocity. So no FCR solution can be calculated an no SAM launched for interception.
3.) No confirmation that the missile they are getting is the YJ-12. But even if we assume its the YJ-12, what then? Its going to be an export version limited below 290km of range and will still be slower than the BrahMos. Indian Navy will still outrange the Paki ships. Add to that, we have a credible defence against these missiles in the form of our MF-STAR AESA, Barak-8 and the cooperative engagement capability of our new ships. If our ships are part of a carrier strike group, we will have an AEW&CS chopper that would detect these missiles incoming from a long distance away, sea skimming won't help that much. But I will agree that if the Pakis get YJ-12, they will be a bit harder to beat in surface warfare. But then again, there is no proof that they are getting it, is there?
4.) Type 039B are not the quietest submarines in the world. Indian Navy are investing in a lot of AUV and airborne assets to track these submarine. Type 39B will have lower serviceability and be louder than Kalvari class. Add to it the drones and ASW aircraft that Indian Navy has and the surface fleet including the likes of Kamorta class, all these assets can interface to form an array the blocks Pakistani submarines from entering into the deep seas. Littorals are the only areas where they can stay safe. And in the littorals, India is deploying 16 ASW-SWC that can make a literal wall near Gujarat to ensure Paki subs are unable to penetrate. Add to it the SMART missile, if any active or passive sensor distributed across the hundreds of AUVs or underwater gliders or passive sonobuoys detect the Paki submarine, SMART missile can be launched from the shore to destroy the submarine and an ASW drone or aircraft can be over that location confirming the kill within minutes.
VL-SRSAM may not be available for every ship. Instead, we can use Rotating Missile launchers for smaller vessels like new anti submarine warfare Corvettes or patrol ships like Saryu class.
Agreed. For smaller vessels like OPVs and ASW-SWC, we can equip them with Point-defence, something similar to the American Rolling Airframe Missile based on the DRDO MDPMS (whenever that finishes development). It would have about the same range as Barak-1.
But for other ships like the Kamorta or maybe even the NGMV, we can add the VL-SRSAM. Those ships have the space and the mission profile to require it.
VL-SRSAM is short-range AD in same class as Sea Ceptor (CAMM)/ CAMM-ER or Aster-15. We should replace the Shtil-1 on Talwar and Shivalik as well as Barak-1 on Shivalik with VL-SRSAM. And Project-15 A/B also seem to have some space for four 8-cell launchers of VL-SRSAM. Even in Delhi-class destroyers, we should replace Shtil-1 with eight 8-cell VL-SRSAM launchers for a total of 64 missiles.
This would increase our destroyer loadout to 64 VLS for SAM and 16 for BrahMos (total 80 VLS). In P-15 A/B it would be 32 VLS for Barak-8 LRSAM and 32 VLS for VL-SRSAM. Quite similar to the loadout of the Royal Navy's Daring class after it receives its own SRSAM upgrade.
