The 8 cell Barak-8 SAM module which is currently installed on an Israeli corvette and Indias Kolkata class destroyers. I came across statements by leading Indian journalists who claim with with a 100% guarantee that there is a below deck missile storage for INS Kolkata where an additional 32 missiles are stored other than the 32 in the VLS. They claim that India has the technology similar to the US crane reloading system on board the Tico class cruisers wheich will be used to reload the empty launchers. Some claim the existance of an electro-hydraulic system under the deck which pushes out the spent module and that a support ships exracts missiles from below deck with its cranes and reloads the new module. I find both the explanations baseless and illogical and they have refused to provide proof of their claims. What do you guys think? #NRP
Posted on: Thu, 31 Jul 2014 09:24:35 +0000