Armament consists of a mix of conventional projectile and missile-based weaponry. This includes 1 x 76mm OTO-Melara (Italy) turreted deck gun over the forecastle as well as 2 x AK-630 (Russian) Close-In Weapon Systems (CIWSs). At the heart of her attack scheme, however, is a 32-cell Vertical Launching System (VLS) housing Barak 1 (Israel) Surface-to-Air Missiles (SAMs) and a 24-cell battery containing "Shtil-1" (Russian) SAMs. The warship can also carry 8 x anti-ship or land-attack missiles / cruise missiles to assail surface warships and inshore land-based targets as needed. For Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) there are 2 x DTA-53-956 series torpedo launchers and 2 x RBU-6000 (RPK-8) Anti-Submarine ROCket (ASROC) launchers fitted.
This warship class exhibits all the telltale signs of "stealthification" as protrusions are kept to a minimum wherever possible. The superstructure sides are slab-sided and contoured well into the sleek lines of the hull proper. The bridge area is set in its usual place, overlooking the forecastle and offering commanding views of the field ahead, but seamlessly integrated into the existing lines of the superstructure itself. The mast is of an enclosed pyramidal shape mounting the various communications and sensor fits and the smoke funnels, located amidships, are of a stealthy low profile design and completely enclosed themselves - helping to reduce the signature of this powerful craft. A secondary, shorter, mast is featured over the aft superstructure and this section also houses a full-service helicopter hanger. At the extreme aft-end of the ship is a launch pad for operating up to 2 x HAL Dhruv or Sikorsky Sea King class helicopters. The crew complement numbers some 257 personnel.
Commissioned in 2012, INS Sahyadri has been a part of the 2013 International Fleet Review in Sydney, Australia, participated in RIMPAC 2014, traversed the South China Sea in 2015 and made several high-profile stops in the Philippines, Japan, South Korea and Russia throughout 2016.
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