Learn about the power of Vietnam's stealth Sigma 9814

Sigma 9814 stealth guards are modern military weapons for the Vietnamese Navy. Sigma 9814 is equipped with European weapons system and a series of powerful missiles.

The power of the defenses of the invisible Sigma 9814 of Vietnam

Sigma 9814 is a military weapon manufactured at the Damen Dutch shipyard. The total contract value for two Sigma 9814 stealth missile guards for the Vietnam People's Navy is about 660 million USD.

Design

According to the Dutch press, there are no types of Sigma 9814 in variants of the Sigma-class guard ships. This means that this is a completely new design for Vietnam , in accordance with the requirements of weapons. Vietnam.

Sigma 9814 stealth guards are the modern military weapons of the Vietnamese Navy

Sigma Vietnam has a water extension of over 2,000 tons (possibly 2,100 tons), a draft of about 3.7-3.8m. Sigma 9814 is 98m long, 14m wide, these two long, wide numbers correspond to '9814', this is Damen's designation for Sigma class variants. The reason that Damen can optionally change the size of the ship according to customer requirements is due in part to Sigma's design to fully close the module technology. One can easily extend it to add or shorten the length depending on the contract with the customer.

Weapons

Sigma 9814 Vietnam has been equipped with 25 cruise ship missiles MM40 Exocet Block. Exocet MM40 Block 3 is the latest variant of the advanced Exocet anti-ship missile line. Exocet Block 3's solid-fuel engine gives a maximum speed of Mach 0.9, a significantly increased range, up to 180 km from 70 km for the Block 2 version.

The MM40 Exocet Block cruise missile is a new weapon equipped on Sigma 9814

Vietnam also purchased from France two VL-MICA-M vertical systems with 40 air defense missiles VL MICA for installation on Sigma 9814. MICA missiles weigh 112 kg; equipped with warheads weighing 12 kg; maximum range of up to 20 km; flying ceiling 11 km; Mach 3 speed; 50G overload capacity.

Vertical missiles will be the latest weapon of the Vietnamese army

In addition to rockets, Sigma 9814 is also equipped with European advanced lightweight EuroTorp MU90 Impact torpedoes , applying firing and forgetting technology, can operate in any ocean condition, is evaluated. is an effective anti-submarine weapon in the 21st century naval war.

Its best feature is its ability to continuously change speeds from 29 to 50 knots thanks to a power-jet engine. The range depends on speed: at a speed of 50 knots / h, the range is 12 km; up to 25 km when running at 29 knots.

Sigma 9814 will be equipped with EuroTorp MU90 Impact modern torpedo weapon

Function

For avionics, Sigma variants are equipped with air monitoring radar system, SMART-S Mk2 marine area. This radar system has 2 operating modes: if the antenna rotates at 13.5 rpm, it has a range of up to 200km; If the speed is 27 rpm, there is a range of up to 150km with a total tracking target of 500 (air and sea).

According to Thales, SMART-S Mk2 can detect stealth aircraft at a distance of 50km. In addition, the ship is also equipped with modern management system Thales TACTICOS with radar positioning system, control firecrackers, other missiles and electronic coping system with traps, flares . If Vietnam The decision to choose surveillance radar systems such as SMART-S Mk2 is really good news for the Vietnam People's Navy, as warships will be able to handle stealth aircraft.