INDIA's Vishakhapatnam Class of Stealth Destroyers getting ready to destroy & annihilate enemies


The Visakhapatnam class (Project 15B) is a class of stealth guided missile destroyers currently being built for the Indian Navy. Based on the Kolkata-class design, the Visakhapatnam class will be an extensively improved version. Ordered in 2011, the first ship is expected to be completed in 2018. Project 15B destroyers will feature enhanced stealth characteristics as well as incorporate state of the art weaponry and sensors including the long range Barak 8 surface-to-air missile. The keel of the first P-15B ship was laid in October 2013.
Class overview
Name: Visakhapatnam class
Builders: Mazagon Dock Limited
Operators: Indian Navy
Preceded by: Kolkata class
Cost: ₹29,340 crore (US$4 billion)
In commission: 2018
Building: 2
Planned: 4
General characteristics
Type: Stealth guided missile destroyer
Displacement: 7,400 t (7,300 long tons; 8,200 short tons)
Length: 163 m (535 ft)
Beam: 17.4 m (57 ft)
Draft: 6.5 m (21 ft)
Propulsion:
Combined gas and gas system: Twin Zorya M36E gas turbine plants with 4 × DT-59 reversible gas turbines and 2 × RG-54 gearboxes
2 × Bergen/GRSE KVM-diesel engines, 9,900 hp (7,400 kW) each
4 × 1 MWe Wärtsilä WCM-1000 generator sets driving Cummins KTA50G3 engines and Kirloskar 1 MV AC generators
Speed: In excess of 30 knots (56 km/h)
Range: 4,000 nautical miles (7,400 km; 4,600 mi) at 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Crew: 300 (50 officers and 250 sailors)
Sensors and processing systems:
IAI EL/M-2248 MF-STAR S-band AESA multi-function radar
Thales LW-08 D-band air search radar
BEL HUMSA-NG bow sonar
BEL Nagin active towed array sonar
Electronic warfare & decoys: Elbit Systems Deseaver MK II counter-measures systems and defensive aids suite
Armament:
Anti-air missiles:
2 × 16-cell VLS, for a total of 32 Barak 8 missiles (Range: 0.5 km (0.31 mi) to 100 km (62 mi))
Anti-ship/Land-attack missiles:
2 x 8-cells UVLM for 16 BrahMos anti-ship and land-attack cruise missiles
Guns:
1 × 127 mm gun Oto Melara SRGM
4 × AK-630 CIWS

Anti-submarine warfare:
4 × 533 mm Torpedo tubes
2 × RBU-6000 anti-submarine rocket launchers
Aircraft carried: 2 × Sea King or HAL Dhruv helicopters
Aviation facilities:
Flight deck
Dual Enclosed hangar for a combination of 2 Seaking, Chetak or HAL Dhruv helicopters

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