General News, Questions And Discussions - Indian Navy

babablacksheep · Jan 17, 2026

marich01 said:
Frankly a bigger ship with huge weapon overload is a soft target. Many cheap method available both above sea level & subsea & even at surface level now to overload its surrounding protective bubble and it will not be able to function effectively. 16 brahmos is optimal, if those can not do the job then 32 or 64 won't either because you risk enemy counter trying to do mission by lingering out for longer. Therefore a mobile asset with this config is optimum.

Ahem, how about this drone VLS ship.

Unusual Black Trimaran Drone Ship Spotted In Chinese Shipyard - Naval News

Hidden beneath tarpaulins, an uncommon sight at Chinese shipyards, a new trimaran-hulled vessel appears to combine features of both surface ships and submarines.

www.navalnews.com

To increase ammo depth and also quicker replenishment.

marich01 · Jan 17, 2026

babablacksheep said:
Ahem, how about this drone VLS ship.

Unusual Black Trimaran Drone Ship Spotted In Chinese Shipyard - Naval News

Hidden beneath tarpaulins, an uncommon sight at Chinese shipyards, a new trimaran-hulled vessel appears to combine features of both surface ships and submarines.

www.navalnews.com

To increase ammo depth and also quicker replenishment.

Once it actively takes part in an actual battle situation then we can comment about its utility. On its own its completely asymmetric comparison.

marich01 · Jan 17, 2026

Gautam said:
True. I would prefer if the Navy were to select a standard ship design to mass produce. Something between like a P-17A/B or even like the NGC. But if we must make large destroyers in token quantities, then at least arm them to the teeth.

My guess is its due to 3 ton weight missiles, they can of course add more, but it would increase maintenance + we do not know how many they actually fit in, possibly less than 16 so no need to expend precious shelf life. At 3 ton this article is easily twice than a respective western subsonic system with a lesser dia airframe. Therefore the number game is handicapped from the start. There is so much scope to make Brahmos more lean which we took a long time to morph into NG.

Gautam · Jan 17, 2026

marich01 said:
My guess is its due to 3 ton weight missiles, they can of course add more, but it would increase maintenance + we do not know how many they actually fit in, possibly less than 16 so no need to expend precious shelf life. At 3 ton this article is easily twice than a respective western subsonic system with a lesser dia airframe. Therefore the number game is handicapped from the start. There is so much scope to make Brahmos more lean which we took a long time to morph into NG.

True. If we had a common launcher for Brahmos & Nirbhay/LR-LACM, that would have also helped.

The upcoming hypersonic missiles aren't going to be small in size. Best case, we get a hypersonic cruise missile from the ET-LDHCM program that has the same profile as the 3-ton BrahMos missile & can use the same launcher.