| Project 18 | |
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| Class overview | |
| Name: | Project 18-class |
| Operators: |
 Indian Navy |
| Preceded by: | Visakhapatnam class |
| Cost: |
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| Planned: | 10 (batches)[1][2] |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Anti-Ballistic Missile Cruiser |
| Displacement: | 14,000 t (15,000 short tons) |
| Length: | 185 m (606 ft 11 in) |
| Beam: | 25 m (82 ft 0 in) |
| Draft: | 7.5 m (24 ft 7 in) |
| Propulsion: |
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| Speed: | In excess of 35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph) |
| Range: | 5,000 nmi (9,300 km; 5,800 mi) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph) |
| Endurance: | 45 days |
| Boats & landing craft carried: | 4 × RHIB |
| Crew: | 400 (70 Officers + 330 Sailors) |
| Sensors and processing systems: | |
| Electronic warfare & decoys: |
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| Armament: |
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| Aircraft carried: | 2 × HAL Dhruv Mk-III (or) MH-60R Romeo |
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The Project 18 NGD is a class of Anti-Ballistic Missile Cruisers planned project for the Indian Navy. They are projected to be the replacement of the Rajput-class Guided Missile Destroyers. Recently, the Indian Navy has showcased the design for the cruiser in a promotional video, revealing its planned specifications. The ships will be designed by the Warship Design Bureau (WDB) and a total of 5-10 ships has been planned.The project will commence after the completion of Visakhapatnam-class destroyer[3][4][1][2][5]
Armament[]
The Project 18 NGD will be the most heavily armed warships of the Indian Navy's history of warships and by all means a Cruiser by international standards. These vessels will not only field Land-attack Cruise Missiles, Anti-Ship Cruise Missiles, Surface-to-Air Missiles but will also field Anti-Ballistic Missiles on the line of US Navy's Arleigh Burke-class destroyer which fields RIM-161 Standard Missile 3. These Cruisers will have 2 x Quad-canister launchers, 144 VLS with a mix of :[6]
- AD-1 Endo-Atmospheric BMD
- AD-2 Exo-Atmospheric BMD
- XR-SAM Very Long Range Surface-to-Air Missile
- ER-SAM Long Range Surface-to-Air Missile
- Barak-8 Medium Range Surface-to-Air Missile
- VL-SRSAM Short Range Surface-to-Air Missile (Quadpack)
- BrahMos-ER Supersonic Land-attack/Anti-Ship Missile
- BrahMos-II/Vishnu Hypersonic Land-attack/Anti-Ship Missile
- LR-LACM Subsonic Land-attack Missile
- SMART Anti-Submarine Missile
Naval Guns present this ship will be :
- 1 x DRDO 127mm x 62 Cal Naval Gun
- 3 × OTO Melara 76mm Naval Gun
- 4 x AK-630M CIWS
- 2 x OFT 12.7 mm M2 Stabilized Remote Controlled Gun[6]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Project 18, Next Generation Destroyer (NGD) : News and Updates". 8 July 2018. http://www.strategicfront.org/forums/threads/project-18-next-generation-destroyer-ngd-news-and-updates.1909/.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "P-18/Next Generation Destroyer class (NGD)". 21 October 2020. https://defenceforumindia.com/threads/p-18-next-generation-destroyer-class-ngd.82479/.
- ↑ "TECHNOLOGY PERSPECTIVE AND CAPABILITY ROADMAP (TPCR) - 2018". https://www.mod.gov.in/sites/default/files/tpcr.pdf.
- ↑ "Project 18: India's next generation destroyer will be the most powerful in the world - Defence View" (in en-US). 2022-10-17. https://www.defenceview.in/project-18-indias-next-generation-destroyer-will-be-the-most-powerful-in-the-world/.
- ↑ "PROJECT 18:INDIA’S NEXT GENERATION DESTROYER". 19 August 2018. https://defenceupdate.in/project-18indias-next-generation-destroyer/.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Massive: First look of Indian Navy Project-18 Next Generation Destroyers with 144 VLS tubes revealed - India's growing Military power" (in en-US). October 15, 202. https://theigmp.org/massive-first-look-of-indian-navy-project-18-next-generation-destroyers-with-144-vls-tubes-revealed/.
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