Leader is the project name for the new destroyer. Will be laid down sometime this decade. There is a lack of clarity if the ship will be destroyer, or small cruiser sized (and potentially nuclear powered). Supposedly they are leaning towards the larger design.
22350/22350M in any case will be a more than adequate replacement for 1155s and 956s.

thanks !
excellent news. I was always a fan of the larger surface warship classes of FSU, with their brutishly beautiful lines.

any idea who will be making it ?

actually he asked for concrete info on numbers. because ya’ll contested the only article that provided the numbers (1+1)

but when asked for proof, folks go into obfuscate ! obfuscate ! obfuscate ! mode.

it’s not like that they needed a ‘lesson’. it’s just that mumbai harbour is very crowded & they dont have an option until karwar comes online.

looks quite dodgy. no wonder you didnt post the link even after it was pointed out to you.

very nice vid Twinblade. 🙂

in the related field of space tech, ISRO’s MangalYaan or Mars Orbiter Mission has successfully completed its trajectory transfer and is now en route to mars. it will reach mars around the same time as NASA’s MAVEN, in about 9 months time.

more details here. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Isros-Mars-Orbiter-Mission-successfully-placed-in-Mars-transfer-trajectory/articleshow/26656881.cms

where’s that stealth fighter they have been showing from the time I was a kid (well, almost) ?

IIRC a lot of those were recce versions which were good enough for the role. the russian philosophy is don’t change it if it ain’t broke.