Indian Navy to acquire six more submarines

[acetophenol]

New Delhi: Six more submarines will be acquired by the Navy under Project-75(India) apart from nearly half a dozen such vessels which are under construction under an earlier programme, Defence Minister A.K. Antony said Wednesday.

"To increase the submarine fleet of Indian Navy, a programme for construction of six submarines is currently underway at Mazagaon Docks Limited under Project-75," Antony told the Rajya Sabha. In his written reply to a question on acquisition of new generation submarines, Antony said, "Further, Acceptance of Necessity for acquisition of six more submarines under Project-75(India) has been accorded by the Defence Acquisition Council (DAC)."

Government constantly reviews the security environment and accordingly decides about induction of appropriate defence equipments and platforms including submarines for the Navy, he told the House.

"In addition, the existing anti-submarine capability is being augmented by induction of surface and air assets," he said.

Replying to a question on harbour security plans, the Minister said, "Indian Navy has detailed security plan in place like Quick Reaction Group (QRG) and Quick Reaction Team (QRT), sentries at appropriate positions within the harbour, landward access control and seaward access control among others.

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[RusoIndian]

i hope India orders Russian Amur class or if they want higher capability version get the S1000 submarines L&T GRSE or Mazogan can produce them

 

[acetophenol]

i hope India orders Russian Amur class or if they want higher capability version get the S1000 submarines L&T GRSE or Mazogan can produce them

we need some subs badly.

 

[RusoIndian]

we need some subs badly.

Russia could help India make these subs faster than the French are doing with the Scorpions for sure we could give TOT and hands on help at the shipyard

 

[Raje amar]

out of 6 get 2 readyly built from the supplier & then let our dock yards build the rest of the subs.
also for speedy induction of subs we can definately increse the order qty from 6 to 9 of the Scorpeen subs.

 

[perplexed]

Are u guys sure if he is not talking of those follow on orders for Scorpene ? I mean including these six will bring the total tally to 12 i guess ?
Some one correct me.