India's most advanced indigenous guided-missile destroyers, featuring enhanced stealth characteristics and improved weapon systems over the preceding Kolkata class (Project 15A). Displacement of 7,400 tonnes full load with a length of 163 metres. The design features extensive radar-absorbent material application, sloped surfaces, enclosed masts, and reduced-reflection glass for a significantly reduced radar cross-section. Armed with 16 BrahMos supersonic anti-ship/land-attack cruise missiles (inclined launchers), 32-cell Barak-8 long-range SAM vertical launch system, 4x AK-630 CIWS, RBU-6000 anti-submarine rocket launchers, torpedo tubes, and a 76mm main gun. Propulsion is COGAG with 4 gas turbines (Ukrainian Zorya or US LM2500) producing 109,000 hp for speeds exceeding 30 knots. Embarks 2 Sea King or HAL Dhruv helicopters. Four ships in class: Visakhapatnam, Mormugao, Imphal, and Surat — all commissioned between 2021-2024.
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- Advanced stealth shaping significantly reduces radar cross-section
- BrahMos supersonic anti-ship missiles provide formidable offensive punch
- Barak-8 (32 cells) provides layered area air defense
- Indigenous Combat Management System and high Indian content
- Limited VLS cells (48 total) vs. Arleigh Burke (96) or Type 055 (112)
- Construction timelines have been extended by several years
- Israeli Barak-8 creates dependency on foreign cooperation for air defense
- MF-STAR radar is Israeli — supply chain dependency for key sensor
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Protection level against contemporary ATGM threats is the defining metric here, and these figures hold up well.