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Recently, India successfully commissioned the missile destroyer INS Impal (INS Impal) and held a grand ceremony in Mumbai. The addition of this new ship marks the fourth largest number of shield ships in the Indian Navy in the world, after the United States, China and Japan, and tied with the British Royal Navy. This is eye-catching, and how India has risen in the field of shield ships is worth going deeper.
Two. INS Imphal is part of the Visakhapatnam-class guided-missile destroyer and is the third ship of its class and the sixth shield ship of the Indian Navy. Compared with other shield ship powers, India's number of shield ships is only the fourth, but it is already an impressive achievement. The shield ship family mainly includes P-15A "Kolkata" class destroyers and P15B "Visakhapatnam" class destroyers, and three have been built so far, and "Imphal" is one of them. This series of shield ships has some differences in shape and model, but the overall strength has formed a distinctive characteristic.
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The Visakhapatnam-class destroyers are one of the largest destroyers made in India with a total length of 163 meters and a displacement of more than 7400 tons. **In terms of configuration, this class of destroyers inherits the advantages of the P-15A "Kolkata" class, and is equipped with 32 "Barak-8" ship-to-air missiles jointly developed by Israel and India, as well as 16 units of 3S14E vertical launchers, which can launch the "BrahMos" anti-ship missiles jointly developed by Russia and India. However, despite the upgrade in the first configuration, the issue of electronic compatibility is still a hidden concern of concern, which may be a challenge for India in the field of shield ships.
Four. As an air defense destroyer, the Visakhapatnam-class radar system is equipped with the EL M-2248 phased array radar, which claims to be able to track 300 targets and attack 12 of them at the same time, but has a detection range of only 250 kilometers for aircraft and 25 kilometers for sea-skimming anti-ship missiles. This shows that India still needs to improve its sensing and detection technology. Therefore, how India can further strengthen its shield ship strength in the future, improve its technological level, and become a global shield ship power is an issue of great concern.
Overall, India's achievements in the construction of shield ships cannot be ignored, but it also faces some challenges. Through continuous technological innovation and improvement, India is expected to further enhance the overall strength of the shield ships. This raises a key question: how will India respond to future naval challenges in the context of the evolving global shield ship landscape?