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Kolkata-class destroyer

Index Kolkata-class destroyer

The "Kolkata class" (Project 15A) are a class of stealth guided-missile destroyers constructed for the Indian Navy. [1]

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  1. 65 relations: A. K. Antony, ABS Steels, Active electronically scanned array, AK-630, Anti-ship missile, Anti-submarine warfare, Anti-submarine weapon, Barak 8, Beam (nautical), Bharat Electronics, BrahMos, Close-in weapon system, Combined gas and gas, Comptroller and Auditor General of India, Cooperative Engagement Capability, Delhi-class destroyer, Draft (hull), EL/M-2248 MF-STAR, Electronic warfare support measures, Flight deck, Future of the Indian Navy, Government of India, Guided-missile destroyer, HAL Dhruv, Hangar, India, Indian Navy, Information warfare, INS Kochi, INS Vikrant (2013), Israel Aerospace Industries, Kavach (anti-missile system), Kenya, Lakh, List of active Indian Navy ships, List of naval ship classes in service, Maareech ATDS, Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders, Minister of Defence (India), Mombasa, Mumbai, Naval artillery, Naval rating, Network-centric warfare, Nilgiri-class frigate (2019), OTO Melara 76 mm, Radar, RBU-6000, Russia, S band, ... Expand index (15 more) »

  2. Destroyers of the Indian Navy
  3. Kolkata-class destroyers

A. K. Antony

Arackaparambil Kurien Antony (born 28 December 1940) is an Indian politician and lawyer who served as the Minister of Defence of India from 2006 to 2014.

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ABS Steels

ABS Steels are types of structural steel which are standardized by the American Bureau of Shipping for use in shipbuilding.

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Active electronically scanned array

An active electronically scanned array (AESA) is a type of phased array antenna, which is a computer-controlled antenna array in which the beam of radio waves can be electronically steered to point in different directions without moving the antenna.

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AK-630

The AK-630 is a Soviet and Russian fully automatic naval, rotary cannon, close-in weapon system.

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Anti-ship missile

An anti-ship missile (AShM or ASM) is a guided missile that is designed for use against ships and large boats.

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Anti-submarine warfare

Anti-submarine warfare (ASW, or in the older form A/S) is a branch of underwater warfare that uses surface warships, aircraft, submarines, or other platforms, to find, track, and deter, damage, or destroy enemy submarines.

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Anti-submarine weapon

An anti-submarine weapon (ASW) is any one of a number of devices that are intended to act against a submarine and its crew, to destroy (sink) the vessel or reduce its capability as a weapon of war.

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Barak 8

Barak 8 (בָּרָק, lit. "Lightning"), also known as LR-SAM or MR-SAM, is an Indo-Israeli jointly developed surface-to-air missile (SAM) system, designed to defend against any type of airborne threat including aircraft, helicopters, anti-ship missiles, and UAVs as well as ballistic missiles,, defenseindustrydaily.com, Accessed 25 November 2014 cruise missiles and combat jets.

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Beam (nautical)

The beam of a ship is its width at its widest point.

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Bharat Electronics

Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) is an Indian Government-owned aerospace and defence electronics company.

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BrahMos

The BrahMos (also designated as PJ-10).

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Close-in weapon system

A close-in weapon system (CIWS) is a point-defense weapon system for detecting and destroying short-range incoming missiles and enemy aircraft which have penetrated the outer defenses, typically mounted on a naval ship.

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Combined gas and gas

Combined gas turbine and gas turbine (COGAG) is a type of propulsion system for ships using two gas turbines connected to a single propeller shaft.

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Comptroller and Auditor General of India

The Comptroller and Auditor General of India (ISO: Bhārata kē Niyaṁtraka ēvaṁ Mahālēkhāparīkṣaka) is the supreme audit institution of India, established under Article 148 of the Constitution of India.

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Cooperative Engagement Capability

Cooperative Engagement Capability (CEC) is a sensor network with integrated fire control capability that is intended to significantly improve battle force air and missile defense capabilities by combining data from multiple battle force air search sensors on CEC-equipped units into a single, real-time, composite track picture (network-centric warfare).

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Delhi-class destroyer

The Delhi-class destroyers are guided-missile destroyers of the Indian Navy. Kolkata-class destroyer and Delhi-class destroyer are destroyer classes, destroyers of the Indian Navy and ships built in India.

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Draft (hull)

The draft or draught of a ship is a determined depth of the vessel below the waterline, measured vertically to its hull's lowest—its propellers, or keel, or other reference point.

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EL/M-2248 MF-STAR

The EL/M-2248 MF-STAR is a multifunction active electronically scanned array naval radar system developed by IAI Elta for maritime installation on warships.

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Electronic warfare support measures

In military telecommunications, electronic support (ES) or electronic support measures (ESM) gather intelligence through passive "listening" to electromagnetic radiations of military interest.

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Flight deck

The flight deck of an aircraft carrier is the surface from which its aircraft take off and land, essentially a miniature airfield at sea.

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Future of the Indian Navy

The Indian Navy has been focusing on developing indigenous platforms, systems, sensors and weapons as part of the nation's modernisation and expansion of its maritime forces.

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Government of India

The Government of India (IAST: Bhārat Sarkār, legally the Union Government or Union of India and colloquially known as the Central Government) is the central executive authority of the Republic of India, a federal republic located in South Asia, consisting of 28 states and eight union territories.

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Guided-missile destroyer

A guided-missile destroyer (DDG) is a destroyer whose primary armament is guided missiles so they can provide anti-aircraft warfare screening for the fleet.

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HAL Dhruv

The HAL Dhruv is a utility helicopter designed and developed by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) in November 1984.

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Hangar

A hangar is a building or structure designed to hold aircraft or spacecraft.

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India

India, officially the Republic of India (ISO), is a country in South Asia.

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Indian Navy

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Information warfare

Information warfare (IW) is the battlespace use and management of information and communication technology (ICT) in pursuit of a competitive advantage over an opponent.

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INS Kochi

INS Kochi (D64) is the second ship of the stealth guided-missile destroyers built under the code name Project 15A for the Indian Navy. Kolkata-class destroyer and INS Kochi are destroyers of the Indian Navy, Kolkata-class destroyers and ships built in India.

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INS Vikrant (2013)

INS Vikrant is an aircraft carrier in service with Indian Navy. The carrier is India's fourth carrier and the first to be built in India. It was constructed by the Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL) in Kochi, Kerala. The namesake Vikrant is a tribute to India's first aircraft carrier INS ''Vikrant'' (1961). Kolkata-class destroyer and INS Vikrant (2013) are ships built in India.

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Israel Aerospace Industries

Israel Aerospace Industries, is Israel's major aerospace and aviation manufacturer, producing aerial and astronautic systems for both military and civilian usage.

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Kavach (anti-missile system)

Kavach is an anti-missile naval decoy system to distract radar-guided missiles from their targets and act as a system for self-defence.

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Kenya

Kenya, officially the Republic of Kenya (Jamhuri ya Kenya), is a country in East Africa.

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Lakh

A lakh (abbreviated L; sometimes written lac) is a unit in the Indian numbering system equal to one hundred thousand (100,000; scientific notation: 105).

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List of active Indian Navy ships

List of active Indian Navy ships is a list of ships in active service with the Indian Navy.

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List of naval ship classes in service

The list of naval ship classes in service includes all combatant surface classes in service currently with navies or armed forces and auxiliaries in the world.

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Maareech ATDS

Maareech Advanced Torpedo Decoy System (ATDS) is a torpedo detection and countermeasure system used by the Indian Navy.

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Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders

Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited (MDL) (IAST: Majhagānv Dawk Limiṭeḍ), formerly called Mazagon Dock Limited, is a shipyard situated in Mazagaon, Mumbai.

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Minister of Defence (India)

The Minister of Defence (ISO: Rakṣā Maṁtrī) is the head of the Ministry of Defence and a high ranking minister of the Government of India.

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Mombasa

Mombasa is a coastal city in southeastern Kenya along the Indian Ocean.

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Mumbai

Mumbai (ISO:; formerly known as Bombay) is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra.

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Naval artillery is artillery mounted on a warship, originally used only for naval warfare and then subsequently used for more specialized roles in surface warfare such as naval gunfire support (NGFS) and anti-aircraft warfare (AAW) engagements.

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In a military navy, a rate or rating, and sometimes known as a bluejacket in the United States, is a junior enlisted sailor who is below the military rank of warrant officer.

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Network-centric warfare

Network-centric warfare, also called network-centric operations or net-centric warfare, is a military doctrine or theory of war that aims to translate an information advantage, enabled partly by information technology, into a competitive advantage through the computer networking of dispersed forces.

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Nilgiri-class frigate (2019)

The Nilgiri-class frigates, formally classified as the Project-17 Alpha frigates (P-17A), are a series of stealth guided-missile frigates currently being built by Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders (MDL) and Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers (GRSE), for the Indian Navy.

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OTO Melara 76 mm

The OTO Melara 76 mm gun, marketed as the OTO 76/62 Gun Mount, is a naval autocannon built and designed by the Italian defence company OTO Melara.

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Radar

Radar is a system that uses radio waves to determine the distance (ranging), direction (azimuth and elevation angles), and radial velocity of objects relative to the site.

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RBU-6000

The RBU-6000 Smerch-2 (Реактивно-Бомбовая Установка, Reaktivno-Bombovaja Ustanovka; reaction engine-bomb installation & Смерч; waterspout) is a 213 mm caliber Soviet anti-submarine rocket launcher.

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Russia

Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia.

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S band

The S band is a designation by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) for a part of the microwave band of the electromagnetic spectrum covering frequencies from 2 to 4 gigahertz (GHz).

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Salvo

A salvo is the simultaneous discharge of artillery or firearms including the firing of guns either to hit a target or to perform a salute.

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Sea trial

A sea trial is the testing phase of a watercraft (including boats, ships, and submarines).

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Ship commissioning

Ship commissioning is the act or ceremony of placing a ship in active service and may be regarded as a particular application of the general concepts and practices of project commissioning.

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Sonar

Sonar (sound navigation and ranging or sonic navigation and ranging) is a technique that uses sound propagation (usually underwater, as in submarine navigation) to navigate, measure distances (ranging), communicate with or detect objects on or under the surface of the water, such as other vessels.

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Stealth technology

Stealth technology, also termed low observable technology (LO technology), is a sub-discipline of military tactics and passive and active electronic countermeasures, which covers a range of methods used to make personnel, aircraft, ships, submarines, missiles, satellites, and ground vehicles less visible (ideally invisible) to radar, infrared, sonar and other detection methods.

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Surface-to-air missile

A surface-to-air missile (SAM), also known as a ground-to-air missile (GTAM) or surface-to-air guided weapon (SAGW), is a missile designed to be launched from the ground or the sea to destroy aircraft or other missiles.

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Thales Group

Thales Group is a French multinational company that designs, develops and manufactures electrical systems as well as devices and equipment for the aerospace, defence, transportation and security sectors.

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The Hindu

The Hindu is an Indian English-language daily newspaper owned by The Hindu Group, headquartered in Chennai, Tamil Nadu.

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Torpedo defence

Torpedo defence includes evasive maneuvers, passive defense like torpedo belts, torpedo nets, torpedo bulges and active defenses, like anti-torpedo torpedoes similar in idea to missile defense systems.

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Torpedo tube

A torpedo tube is a cylindrical device for launching torpedoes.

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Ukraine

Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe.

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Vertical launching system

A vertical launching system (VLS) is an advanced system for holding and firing missiles on mobile naval platforms, such as surface ships and submarines.

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Westland Sea King

The Westland WS-61 Sea King is a British licence-built version of the American Sikorsky S-61 helicopter of the same name, built by Westland Helicopters.

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YouTube

YouTube is an American online video sharing platform owned by Google.

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Zorya-Mashproekt

Zorya-Mashproekt (ДП НВКГ «Зоря» — «Машпроект») is a research and production complex that specializes in a gas turbine construction.

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See also

Destroyers of the Indian Navy

Kolkata-class destroyers

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kolkata-class_destroyer

Also known as Bangalore class destroyer, INS Kolkata Class Destroyer Ship Electrical System, Kolkata Class, Kolkata class destroyer, Project 15A, Type 15A Bangalore Class Destroyers.

, Salvo, Sea trial, Ship commissioning, Sonar, Stealth technology, Surface-to-air missile, Thales Group, The Hindu, Torpedo defence, Torpedo tube, Ukraine, Vertical launching system, Westland Sea King, YouTube, Zorya-Mashproekt.