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India Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited
Kolkata class
The Indian Navy's Project 15A guided-missile destroyers, a stealthier and more heavily armed follow-on to the Delhi class, equipped with BrahMos anti-ship missiles and Barak-8 air-defense missiles in vertical-launch cells.
In service since 2014 · 1 operator countries
Compiled from public sources ·primary reference ↗ ·last verified 2026-07-02
6,800
t
30
kn
8,000
nmi
32
VLS
350
crew
💲 ≈ $900,000,000 — Approximate per-unit build cost
Procurement snapshot
Availability & export
National export licensing
Subject to India export-control approval; verify eligibility with the manufacturer.
Channel: Direct commercial / G2G
Fielded & proven
Limited · 1 operator
In service since 2014. Status: active · ~3 built.
Lifecycle cost (est.)
$2.3B – $3.1B
Acquisition is only ~30% of lifecycle cost — operating & support dominate over ~35 yrs. Rough 2.5–3.5× the unit price.
Interoperability
Derived guidance from public data — export regime by country of origin, lifecycle from the GAO ~30% acquisition rule. Verify eligibility, pricing and offsets with the manufacturer and your acquisition authority.
Full specifications
Firepower
Armament, payload and guidance.
- Main armament
Primary weapon: main gun, cannon or missile type.
- 1× 76 mm Otobreda naval gun
- VLS cells
Vertical-launch missile cells on a warship — a proxy for magazine depth. Higher means more missiles before rearming.
- 32 Stronger than 50% of warships
- Torpedo tubes
Number of torpedo tubes (submarines and some surface ships).
- 6 Stronger than 69% of warships
Physical
Dimensions, weight and crew.
- Length
Overall length including gun/probe where applicable.
- 164 m
Sensors & avionics
Radar, sensor suite and datalinks.
- Radar
Primary radar. AESA (active electronically scanned array) is the current state of the art.
- MF-STAR multi-function radar
Program
Cost, production scale and operators.
- Unit cost
Approximate flyaway/unit cost where public. Defense pricing varies hugely by contract, offsets and configuration. Lower is cheaper.
- $900,000,000 Stronger than 67% of warships
- Units built
Total production run. Higher means proven manufacturing, mature logistics and spares availability.
- 3 Stronger than 41% of warships
- Operator countries
Number of countries operating the system. More operators means broader support ecosystem.
- 1 Stronger than 45% of warships
Specifications compiled from public Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited and reference sources ↗. Published defense figures are approximations — treat comparisons as directional. Last verified 2026-07-02.
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What is the main armament of the Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited Kolkata class? +
The Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited Kolkata class's primary weapon is the 1× 76 mm Otobreda naval gun.
What is the Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited Kolkata class used for? +
The Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited Kolkata class is a warship typically used for air defense, anti ship.
How many countries operate the Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited Kolkata class? +
The Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited Kolkata class is operated by 1 countries.
How much does the Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited Kolkata class cost? +
The Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited Kolkata class has an approximate unit cost of 900,000,000 USD. Defense pricing varies by contract, offsets and configuration — treat this as directional.
