Project 15 combined ideas from the Rajput class, Godavari frigates, and Sovremenny destroyers around Indian requirements. The Delhi class added flag and command facilities from the outset. Those spaces show that planners expected independent surface action groups as well as carrier-centered formations, with a Delhi acting as their command ship. Continuing upgrades also made the class a visible statement of India's growing naval status and technical capability.
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Delhi class and surface-action command
The Delhi class scaled Indian destroyers into command-capable ships for independent surface action groups and status projection.