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Can someone post the specs on both ships? I tried finding them online and couldn't
there is an info about Sovremenny (project 956) class:
Power plant: 2 turbines 50,000 hp each, two shafts
Length: 156.5 m
Beam: 17.2 m
Draft: 5.99 m
Displacement: standard - 6500 t, full - 7940 t, max - 8480 t.
Speed: max - 32.7 knots
Range: 1345 nm with max speed, 3920 nm with 18 knots, 4500 nm with 18 kn. and max fuel load
Armament:
2 x 2 - 130 mm multipurpose gun (type AK-130), 2000 shells
4 x 6 - 30 mm AA guns (type AK-630), 16000 shells
2 x 4 SS-N-22/Sunburn ("Moskit") missile launchers
2 x 1 AA SS-N-7/Gadfly missile ("Hurricane"/"Uyragan") launchers, 48 missiles
2 x 2 - 533 mm torpedo tubes
2 x 6 - anti-submarine rocket-propelled dc launchers (type RBU-1000), 48 dc
2 decoy dispensers with 200 rocket-propelled decoys
Aircraft:
1 Ka-27/Ka-28 or similar.
Combat systems:
Radar (Air search): Top Plate 3D, D/E-band
Radar (Surface search): 3 Palm Frond, I-band
Radar (Fire-control): 6 Front Dome, F-band (for SA-N-7 control); Kite Screach, H/I/K-band (for 130 mm gun control); 2 Bass Tilt, H/I-band (for 30 mm gun)
Weapons Control: Band Stand, datalink for SS-N-22; Bell Nest, 2 Light Bulb, and 2 Tee Pump datalinks
Sonars: Bull Horn ("Platina" or "Platina-S") and Whale Tongue, hull-mounted, active search and attack, medium frequency
The Kidd's were designed as multirole warships and have MUCH better AAW capability than the Sovremney after the NTU update.
Given the Kidd's capacity of 68 SM-2MR(70 mile range) missiles, and inner defenses of 2 Phalanx and 5" guns, a Kidd is far more likely to survive an attack against 8 Sunburns than a Sovremney is against 68 SM-2MR's and 8 Harpoons...
Kidd has vastly better ECM/ECCM and much, much better sonar.
Even today Kidd's are among the most powerful warships afloat. The Chinese have no counter for them in the Strait.
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