Not sure it is a radome, could well be a satcom antenna. There’s some more interesting unknown lattice structures on that ship, behind that dome and between the ak630’s an main mast.

That’s a satellite TV aerial, donated by Stupino municipality. The lattice structures are Spektr-F laser emission warning system.

Swerve: +1
That’s exactly what she is – helicopter carrier an flagship. Use of F-35 will require serious internal modification.

Try post #34 in page 2 of this thread.

2 Phalanx, 2×8 Mk.41 (ESSM, ASROC), 2×3 TT, 11 helicopters (8 in hangar).

It’s not hard to get Vikram before IAC, as the building of the later hasn’t even started properly and Indian shipbuilding is well known for prolonged building periods and delays. The latest example is P-17 frigates.

Nice Pics , The Palma looks like a ideal 1:1 replacement for AK-630M

Had a couple of questions

1 ) Has the RuN ordered P-650 or P-750 subs or are they planning to do so.

2 ) The P885 yasen SSN ( Severdovinisk class ) is designed by which design bureau , The Malakhit or Rubin ?

How do the two design bureau compete , Do they have a competing design for new class of SSN and the better one is selected for RuN or its just purely one sided affair based on MOD wishes and the clout these design bureaus enjoy with MOD/Political Leadership

1) No.
2) Malakhit
Rubin – SSBN, SSGN, SS
Malakhit – SSGN, SSN
Lazurit – SSGN, SSN

snake65 , do you have some information/data on P-650E submarine designed by Malakhit Design Bureau , It looks a very interesting sub with interesting ideas like shrouded prop and aft of sail VLS launcher

How does it compare with the Lada SSK

Thanks
Austin

Well, it compare’s to Lada as being much smaller:D
57m long, 6.4m wide, 760 ton displacement, underwater endurance 1200 miles, 20 knots submerged, 9 men crew + 6 divers. The tubes in the aft are for mines, not missiles. A larger version P-750 has 4-8 tube VLS for missiles, but that’s a sub already in Amur-950 class. These subs, also P-550 are evolutionary designs of Pr.865 Piranya.

Well, it would be a nice complement, in between AK630 and Kinzhal (SA-N-9), bringing them closer to the Udaloy 2. What are the chances that they might swap some SS-N-14 for an AShM (or do they carry 2 Silex versions 50/50?)

Rastrub on Udaloys has 50/50 of anti-ship and ant-sub missiles, so they are going to keep them.

Really … has this put on any other Udaloy?

Not that I know. But it might be done during mid-life upgrade, as Altair is massively pushing Gibka. At the IMDS-2007 I learned that it has optical tracking feature and uses Puma radar as FCS.