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Subject:
Comparison between the Navies of India and China
mithradates
11/26/2005 5:26:04 PM
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| Navy Comparison:
There have been much talk of India's navy being a "blue water" navy. Or that it's stronger than the navy of China. I've decided to do a detailed comparison between the two navies and find out which nation holds the quantitative and qualitative advantages.
This is just looking at CURRENT inventory counts for both countries. All vessels listed are either deployed or at least in sea trials. Vessels that are under construction, in refit in 3rd countries, projected to be built, or still in purchase negotiations from 3rd countries are not counted(due to them not actually being in the navy).
Additionally, those vessels whose technology is from the late 1980s(Western Level) and above is considered "modern". This is because under competant crews, such vessels can pose a significant threat to western vessels of the same class.
Here's what I found for India:
Aircraft Carriers
Centaur Class 1 in service
Guided-Missile Destroyers: 8 (3 modern)
Type 15 Delhi Class: 3
Rajput {Kashin II}:5
Guided-Missile Frigates Project 17: 9 (3 Modern)
Type 16 Godavari Class: 3
Krivak III Class: 3
Type 16A Brahmaputra Class: 3
Guided-Missile Corvettes Project 28: 21 ( 4 modern )
Type 25A Kora Class: 4
Type 25 Khukri Class: 4
Veer Class: 13
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Here's their sub fleet...
Diesel Electric Subs (12 Modern)
Foxtrot Class:2
Kilo Class: 9(9 modern, 1 being refitted in Ukraine)
HDW 209: 3(3 modern, 1 being refitted in Germany)
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So for India:
1 carrier
8 missile Destroyers (3 modern)
9 missile Frigates (3 modern)
21 missile Corvettes (4 modern)
14 Diesel Subs (12 modern)
Here's what I found for China:
Air defence missile destroyers: (4 modern)
Type 052C: 2 (Indigenous(stolen) Phased Array Radar)
Type 052B: 2 (Russian Phased Array Radar)
Guided-Missile Destroyers: 28 (11 modern)
Sovremenny class: 2 (2 modern)
TYPE 051B: 1 (1 modern)
Type 052: 2 (2 modern)
Type 051G: 6 (6 modern)
Type 051: 17
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Air Defense Missle Frigates: 2 (2 modern):
Type 054: 2(2 modern)
Guided-Missile Frigates: 41 (21 modern) :
Type 053H2G: 12 (12 modern)
Type 053H1G: 6 (12 modern)
Type 053H2: 3 (3 modern)
Type 053H: 20
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Guided-Missile Corvettes: 67 (15 modern):
Type 2208(stealthy Catamaran vessel): 3 (3 modern)
Type 520T: 5 (5 modern)
Type 037-II: 19 (7 modern after mid 90s refit)
Type 021: ~40
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Nuclear Submarines : 8 (2 modern)
Type 094: 1 (1 modern in sea trials)
Type 093: 1 (1 modern in sea trials)
Type 092: 1
Type 091: 5
AIP Submarines: 2 (2 modern)
Type 040(Yuan): 2 (2 modern, 1 in sea trials)
Diesel Electric Submarines: 63 ( 22 modern )
Kilo Class: 7 (7 modern)
Type 039(Song): 9 (9 modern)
Type 035(Ming): 17 (6 modern Type 035Gs)
Type 033(Romeo): 30
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Thus here's the comparison between India's and China's respective navies:
Carrier:
India: 1
China: 0
Modern Air defence missile destroyers:
China: 4
India: 0
Modern Guided missile Destroyers:
China: 21
India: 3
Second Line Guided missile Destroyers:
China: 17
India: 5
Modern Air defence missile frigates:
China: 2
India: 0
Modern Guided-Missile Frigates:
China: 21
India: 3
Second Line Guided-Missile Frigates:
China: 20
India: 6
Modern Guided Missile Corvettes:
China: 15
India: 4
Second Line Guided Missile Corvettes:
China: 52
India: 17
Modern Nuclear Subs:
China: 2
India: 0
Second Line Nuclear Subs:
China: 6
India: 0
AIP Subs:
China: 2
India: 0
Modern Diesel electric Subs:
China: 22
India: 12
Second Line Diesel electric subs:
China: 41
India: 2
Aside from India's single aircraft carrier, the PLAN seems to have a significant advantage over the Indian navy in both QUANTITY and QUALITY. |
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