Indian Navy has that sinking feeling

[WallysWorld]

Since the turn of the century, India has invested heavily in building the navy it needs for dominating the northern Indian Ocean, a crucial maritime highway for the flow of hydrocarbons from West Asia to China, Japan and the Southeast Asian countries; and for the transportation to Europe of merchandise from those manufacturing economies.

With China's military a looming presence on its Himalayan border with Tibet, New Delhi has long derived strategic assurance from its potential stranglehold over China's sea lines of communication, or SLOCs, as these maritime highways are termed.

Over the last seven months, however, a spate of accidents involving Indian Navy warships has placed a question mark over this capability.

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2014/03/sinking-feeling-over-indian-navy-20143665414242983.html

[GDS_Starfury]

while the ships have had issues the Brahmos is a serious cylinder of fuck you up at mach 3.

http://static.cargurus.com/images/site/2008/09/27/17/01/1980_volkswagen_vanagon-pic-63924.jpeg

[mirth]

while the ships have had issues the Brahmos is a serious cylinder of fuck you up at mach 3.

http://static.cargurus.com/images/site/2008/09/27/17/01/1980_volkswagen_vanagon-pic-63924.jpeg

How many Vanagons can a typical Indian destroyer carry? Sure it's badass, but it's a rather bulky weapon.

[Staggerwing]

while the ships have had issues the Brahmos is a serious cylinder of fuck you up at mach 3.

http://static.cargurus.com/images/site/2008/09/27/17/01/1980_volkswagen_vanagon-pic-63924.jpeg

How many Vanagons can a typical Indian destroyer carry? Sure it's badass, but it's a rather bulky weapon.

Plus those are really Type-2(Mk2)'s, not Type-2(Mk 3)'s with their greater payload carrying capacity. That said, they are still a significant power-projection upgrade from the old Type-2(Mk1)'s though:

[Steelgrave]

India has to find a supplier besides the Canadian Navy   8)

[mirth]

This the ultimate version, but I don't think they've been allowed for export to the INS. The Chinese are very concerned about the Indians getting access to this kind of sophisticated weaponry.

[Staggerwing]

IIRC the US Military was considering deploying a US license-built upgrade of the original German design during the Cold War: