Recently, the Indian Navy officially announced that the next-generation 10,000-ton destroyer P-18 project has entered the detailed design stage, and it is expected to complete the approval of all contract signing in the next five years. The Indian Navy's initial plan is to formally build the first domestically produced 10,000-ton drive in the next five years, with an estimated delivery time between 2032 and 2034. 
At present, the strength of the Indian Navy is still not comparable with the world's advanced level, but in recent years, the construction of the Indian Navy has indeed developed rapidly, not only ranking first in the Indian Ocean all year round, but now its naval strength has also surpassed the Russian Navy. The Indian Navy's first domestically built destroyer was the Delhi-class destroyer, which began construction in 1987 and officially entered service in 1997, and since then, the Indian Navy has continuously introduced new destroyer programs, including P-15A, P-15B. These two types of destroyers are the first Aegis destroyers equipped with phased array radar in the Indian Navy, which have the most powerful anti-aircraft, anti-submarine and sea strike capabilities in the Indian Navy, and adopt a highly stealth design. At the end of November, the P-15B destroyer INS Imphal was officially commissioned, marking the Indian Navy's fourth largest shield ship in the world. 
When the four P-15B destroyers were about to be fully commissioned, the Indian Navy began the construction plan of 10,000-ton destroyers. The concept design of the 10,000-ton destroyer, known as the P-18, was unveiled at last year's DeFEX naval show, and the displacement of this 10,000-ton destroyer is one of its major features, showing the Indian Navy's pursuit of maritime power, with a full load displacement of 13,000 tons, which will be the largest tonnage combat ship ever built in India other than an aircraft carrier. 
In terms of equipment, the P-18 destroyer will be mainly equipped with electromagnetic guns, and in terms of missile loading, according to CG**, the number of vertical hair of the Indian P-18 destroyer has reached an astonishing 144 units, which is inferior to the number of vertical hair of the Russian "Admiral Nasimov" cruiser that is being refitted, and the number of vertical hair of the South Korean Navy's "King Sejong" class destroyer is inferior to that of the P-18. In terms of specific arrangement, the Indian P-18 destroyer has set up 9 groups of 8 units on the foredeck, although the specific number of rear vertical hair cannot be seen, but compared with the size of the front vertical hair, the rear should also be 72 units of vertical hair. In addition, the P-18 destroyer will also be equipped with a high-tech laser**, which can play a great advantage against high-speed targets such as drones and missiles. 
In general, the P-18 destroyer program of the Indian Navy is full of ambitions. The 10,000-ton destroyer will become one of the main ships of the Indian Navy in the coming years, breathing new life into its maritime power. However, achieving these goals will not be easy, and the Indian Navy will need to overcome many technical difficulties and challenges. Referring to the arduous service process of the Indian Navy's first domestically produced aircraft carrier "Vikrant", and then look at the fact that although the Indian Navy has also made some progress in the construction of shield ships, until now the launch of the P-17A frigate is still only an empty shell, and compared with the Indian construction of the "Kolkata" class destroyer more than ten years ago, it has not improved, so the possibility of the Indian Navy to serve 10 10,000-ton destroyers in just ten years is not high, not to mention that India still wants to build 10 in one go!