The Indian Navy official said the service hopes to have the Gorshkov and the homemade AirDefenseShip on line by 2015, when the Viraat will be nearing the end of its service life.
Derived from the KUZNETSOV design, novel features include the placement of anti-ship missiles, and the use of a new anti-aircraft missile similar to that on the new no. 170 airdefense destroyer.
库兹涅佐夫从设计、新颖的特点,包括放置反舰飞弹而使用了新的防空导弹类似,在新公布170防空驱逐舰。
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Anti-radiation missile mainly used for attacking guard radar, fire control radar and ship carrier radar and finding target of air-defense radar, tacking and destroying.