Lord Jim wrote:The aim of FC/ASW is to be able to launch it from both the Mk41 VLS and Sylver VLS. That is a fixed requirement. AS for fitting TLAM to the T-26, well we haven't got that many to start with, but we could also install the new Tomahawk long Range Anti-Ship Version that the USN has adopted.
My understanding the max missile weight that can be fired from a Mk41 VLS cell is in the order of ~3,000+ lbs, eg the slow ~560 mph subsonic 1980's Tomahawk with booster ~3,500 lbs, 1,000 lbs warhead and 1,000+ mile range
Benchmark, the supersonic ~Mach 2.8 BrahMos. Wikipedia info ~300 kg / 660 lbs warhead, surface launch ~ 3,000 kg / 6,600 lbs, air launched 2,500 kg 5,500 lbs. Range Surface/Sea Platform - 500 km (310 mi; 270 nmi) to be upgraded to 600 km (370 mi; 320 nmi) Air Platform - 500 km (310 mi; 270 nmi), have seen air launched range also quoted as 300 km?
Whatever the true figures for the BrahMos no FC/ASW if a supersonic land attack missile variant and if constrained to launch from a MK41 VLS cell would appear to be limited to short range and with small warhead compared to the Tomahawks capability.
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