For India, there is no such thing as the official mission of the domestic aircraft carrier Vikrant, which can best prove to the world its R&D capabilities. Recently, the media has reported that India’s multi-year ambitions are finally about to be achieved. At the end of the year, its domestically-produced aircraft carrier, which has spent a lot of money and time on research and development, can finally go to sea to aid the Indian Ocean. With the emergence of this aircraft carrier, India can be considered proud and more confident to complete the blockade of the Malacca Strait. But what makes the Indians happy now is not only the aircraft carrier, but also the development of another ten thousand ton destroyer research and development project. Is it possible that India is betting that the momentum will turn over?
01. Can India really be ashamed and create a 10,000-ton drive?
, also as the world’s most populous country, has always hoped to become the strongest maritime country in Asia by virtue of its own strength. Therefore, after seeing that the aircraft carrier has begun to take shape, they set their sights on large destroyers. In the future, destroyers can not only act as the main air defense and anti-submarine forces, but also cooperate with the formation to perform offensive tasks. Once they can cooperate with the aircraft carrier, sooner or later the power of the country will be theirs. Therefore, the Indian Ministry of Defense decided to build a 10,000-ton large-scale destroyer. In terms of performance, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is the strongest warship in the world with its high indicators, strong performance, and majestic tone. But the question is, judging from India's current capabilities, can it really be made out of shame? Or what year and month can it be completed?
02. Completely localized? The equipment requirements are surprising
According to the Indian military, this ship, called the P-18 large destroyer, will be “fully domestically produced”, with a displacement of more than 13,000 tons and a speed far exceeding 30 knots. 400 soldiers, so it seems that it is indeed a large battleship worthy of the name. What is really eye-catching is that the Indian army has put forward extremely stringent equipment requirements for the warship, which is really surprising, including high-power laser cannons with a power of up to 3 million kilowatts, which can directly intercept enemy missiles and even In addition to the artillery shells, a laser cannon with a power of 1 million kilowatts must be equipped to resist missiles and aircraft dispatched by the enemy. The Indian army requires the interception success rate of these laser cannons to be 100%.
is not only that, even the electromagnetic guns have been moved out by them, and they also require extremely accurate strikes on the enemy’s incoming targets, but this is not enough. A large number of drones that can be ejected electromagnetically should also be deployed on warships. It is equivalent to an "aircraft carrier" with long-range strike capability. The Indian Army also stated that in addition to the artillery system, the radar system should also be equipped with the most advanced systems, such as phased array radar and X-band photoelectric mast detection radar, to further enhance the anti-missile performance of warships. While having both defensive and offensive capabilities, the speed of warships must also be increased. Therefore, India has proposed to deploy large engines to ensure that the large-scale drive can successfully complete its mission to sea.
03. The US military can't do it! The Indian army wants to grind a ship in ten years?
In this way, we can say that the technical requirements put forward by the Indian army are quite high, not to mention India, even the United States may not be able to say that they can do it without embarrassment. However, perhaps out of a guilty conscience, India suddenly came to a big turning point after some rhetoric, saying that it will be successfully built in 2030 at the earliest. If so, according to India’s ability to build aircraft carriers, this is an extremely powerful large-scale ship. Destroyers, let alone 30 years to build, will they remember the performance requirements they had previously exaggerated? According to news from
, although the Indian army has been ridiculed by many countries for its ten years of grinding a ship, this will not affect the next shipbuilding plan. Currently, India has specially set aside 1.5 billion US dollars as the start-up capital of the project. However, according to its usual procrastination character, even if the neighbouring country’s 10,000-ton destroyer has spent its natural service time, whether India’s so-called fully localized large-scale drive can be completed still requires a big question mark, and at that time, will it become a ship. It’s really hard to say that a warship that is domestically produced, but actually assembles the technologies of other countries.
