07.04.2019, 15:25
Zitat:Indian Navy kicks off Rs 50,000 crore lethal submarine project, wants 500 km strike range cruise missiles on themhttps://economictimes.indiatimes.com/new...718982.cms
Under Project 75-India, the Navy wants to build six conventional diesel-electric submarines which would be almost 50% bigger than the under-construction Scorpene class submarines.
NEW DELHI: The Indian Navy has initiated the process to acquire six lethal submarines under the ambitious Project-75 India likely to cost over Rs 50,000 crore. Under Project 75-India, the Navy wants to build six conventional diesel-electric submarines which would be almost 50 per cent bigger than the under-construction Scorpene class submarines being built at the Mazagon Dockyards Limited in Mumbai. [...]
After clearing the procurement of these submarines in the Defence Acquisition Council, Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has put a Navy officer as the in-charge of the project. An empowered project committee has been formed with the Navy's Controller of Warship Production and Acquisition as the head of the panel including several other Joint Secretaries as its members. Navy wants to have a mix of conventional and nuclear submarines in its fleet to manage its area responsibility stretching from the Malacca Straits to the Indian Ocean Region.
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