This ship is designed for shallow waters submarine hunting. They chose waterjet propulsion for this role. It will be operating separately from group led by carrier.
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Mahe built by CSL and Arnala by GRSE. Arnala class will mainly be for the eastern coast, while Mahe will be for the Western fleet. Shouldn't be much difference in capability. It was the same project divided between 2 shipyards.
Invitation of Bids for Replacement of Sanket S with Varuna Lite system for Indian Navy
Varuna Lite system - Quantity 8
Delivery period for supply of items would be 12 Months for the first system from the effective date of contract, followed by each system every 02 months.
Preamble: The capability to produce an indigenous, basic ESM system has been proven, with the design and development of the Varuna Lite system. During the long years of production and development of ESM systems, several technological advancements to the ESM system have been witnessed. The contemporary worldwide Varuna Lite ESM system is far more advanced than Sanket S system. User feedback has also mandated the development of a more efficient and reliable ESM system. The Varuna Lite ESM System, needs to be interfaced with the ships House Hold data systems and CMS. The first system needs to be developed in a maximum of 12 months followed by delivery of each system in every 03 months, to facilitate fitment on several IN platforms.
Application: Varuna Lite ESM system, is planned to be the standard ESM system onboard smaller ships of IN.
BEL will provide Varuna Lite ESM system. 4 Kamorta class corvettes have Sanket S system. Talwar class ship INS Tabar has Varuna system.
Varuna Lite system - Quantity 8
Delivery period for supply of items would be 12 Months for the first system from the effective date of contract, followed by each system every 02 months.
Preamble: The capability to produce an indigenous, basic ESM system has been proven, with the design and development of the Varuna Lite system. During the long years of production and development of ESM systems, several technological advancements to the ESM system have been witnessed. The contemporary worldwide Varuna Lite ESM system is far more advanced than Sanket S system. User feedback has also mandated the development of a more efficient and reliable ESM system. The Varuna Lite ESM System, needs to be interfaced with the ships House Hold data systems and CMS. The first system needs to be developed in a maximum of 12 months followed by delivery of each system in every 03 months, to facilitate fitment on several IN platforms.
Application: Varuna Lite ESM system, is planned to be the standard ESM system onboard smaller ships of IN.
BEL will provide Varuna Lite ESM system. 4 Kamorta class corvettes have Sanket S system. Talwar class ship INS Tabar has Varuna system.
We should be thankful. The initial artists impression had 2 small smoke funnels on a 1500t design.
On the brighter side, the hallowed Russian tradition of inclined AshM launchers lives on (even if the Russians have themselves abandoned it.)
On the brighter side, the hallowed Russian tradition of inclined AshM launchers lives on (even if the Russians have themselves abandoned it.)
Why? When it comes to defence if it has VLSRSAM, it should be fine. The propulsion system is solid against submarines it has good acoustic stealth. 4 Brahmos is a bit less but then its a heavy boy. Its job is to move in fast lob missiles and run away.
A missile boat with a grand total of 4 AShMs doesn't sound right to me. This takes us back to the Tarantul class missile boats of 1971, despite being~3 times its size.
The only saving grace is the VLSRSAM.
Ships smaller than this are now operational with 8 cell Kaliber VLS and a helipad (which was a requirement in original RFI).
Plus in the pics and posters, i don't see a space for VL SRSAM.
I am not seeing where they will put the VL SRSAM
It has been basically confirmed, in the last VL-SRSAM test, DRDO also tested its comapatability with the BEL/DRDO mfr, the mfr is the radar which is going on this ship. It's bound to have the VL-SRSAM system.
Yes, I would have preferred 8 too, but look at the BrahMos missile; it's a heavy boy with a standoff range of 900 km, and the ship is just 1500 cr a pop; the Visby-class cost the same in 2009.
VL-SRSAM Missiles for Indian Navy
They have released a new tender for suppliers of VL-SRSAM to be delivered within a year. I believe there was a redesign around 2022-23, and now they are retesting everything. We have also seen the VLS redesign tenders previously.
I think the presence of MFD itself is proof that VLSRSAM is coming, and if it can be quad-packed, only a single 8-cell VLS is all that would be needed.