John wrote:^ P-28 are supposed to be armed with Barak-1 but then decision was made to wait for Maitri/VL-MICA and now SR-SAM.
Philip wrote:P-17A actual costs can only be quantified after the first one is built.Going by every warship built by our yards, it will be several times more than originally estimated.
Same can be said about talwar built locally in fact i would bet there is much bigger chance of cost escalation there than P-17A since GSL has never built it before and this design has never been exported. Based on current designs P-17A is not a big leap from P-17 and price wise should not defer from estimates that much, "if" they stick to schedule which is whole another story.
The P17A will come with MFSTAR and LRSAM. Also, they will have Brahmos, as opposed to Klub. These two changes along with inflation will certainly raise the price.
Instead of trying to manufacture the half finished Krivak-III hulls in GSL, we should focus on building a follow on corvette to replace the Khukri class, which will start getting retired over the next 5-7 years. A 2,000-2,500 ton corvette design needs to be evolved for this. However, for these small ships as well as diesel subs, we need the Brahmos-M, weighing around 1.5 tons, with a range of 300 Kms and speed of Mach 3.5.
A 2,000-2,500 ton corvette, with 8 VLS Brahmos-M, 8 VLS Nirbhay, 16 QRSAM and 1 LUH helicopter would be an excellent addition.
The 4 new Talwar class directly from Russia, can help replace the Godavari class, which will also need replacement over the next 5-7 years.
A follow on for the P28 is a must. The original plan was for 12 ASW corvettes. They can add an indgineous SAM, based on QRSAM and Varunastra torpedoes, along with Active Toyed sonar arrays and build 8 more.