The Rajput class guided-missile destroyers built for the Indian Navy are modified versions of Soviet Kashin class destroyers. They are also known as Kashin-II class. The ships were built in the former Soviet Union after considerable Indian design modifications to the Kashin design. These included the replacement of the helicopter pad in the original design with a flight elevator, as well as major changes to the electronics and combat systems. Five units were built for export to India in the 1980s.
Rajput class destroyers were the first ships in the Indian Navy to deploy the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile systems. The systems were deployed during a mid-life refit of the ships. The missile system has 8 missiles with bow mounted launchers.
INS Ranvijay was deployed with updated vertical launchers for the BrahMos missile.
The Rajput class inherit their anti-aircraft and anti-submarine warfare roles for carrier task force defense against submarines, low-flying aircraft, and cruise missiles from the Kashin class.
| Rajput class guided-missile destroyer | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Rajput |
| Builders: | 61 Kommunara Shipbuilding Plant |
| Operators: |  Indian Navy |
| Succeeded by: | Delhi class destroyer |
| Planned: | 5 |
| Completed: | 5 |
| Active: | 5 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Guided missile destroyer |
| Displacement: | 3,950 tons standard, 4,974 tons full load |
| Length: | 147 m (482 ft) |
| Beam: | 15.8 m (52 ft) |
| Draught: | 5 m (16 ft) |
| Propulsion: | 4 x gas turbine engines; 2 shafts, 72,000 hp |
| Speed: | 35 knots (65 km/h) |
| Range: | 4,000 mi (6,400 km) at 18 knots (33 km/h) 2,600 miles (4,200 km) at 30 knots (56 km/h) |
| Complement: | 320 (including 35 officers) |
| Sensors and processing systems: | Navigation; 2 x Volga (NATO: Don Kay) radar at I-band frequency, Air; 1 x MP-500 Kliver (NATO: Big Net-A) radar at C-band or 1 x Bharat RAWL (Dutch Signaal LW08) radar at D-band (installed on INS Ranjit), Air/Surface; 1 x MR-310U Angara (NATO: Head Net-C) radar at E-band, Communication; Inmarsat, Sonar; 1 x hull mounted Vycheda MG-311 (NATO: Wolf Paw) sonar, 1 x Vyega MG-325 (NATO: Mare Tail) variable depth sonar |
| Armament: | 8 x Brahmos supersonic missiles, 1 x 152 mm main gun, 4 x 30 mm AK-230 guns or 4 x 30 mm AK-630M guns (replaced by Barak SAM in some vessels), 2 x S-125M (NATO: SA-N-1) SAM twin launchers, 1 x 533 mm PTA 533 quintuple torpedo tube launcher, 2 x RBU-6000 anti-submarine mortars, 1 x Dhanush ballistic missile (added to INS Rajput) |
| Aircraft carried: | 1 x Ka-28 or HAL Chetak helicopter |
