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Because doing sensible things were never ethos of our Babudom in Def ministry . Its common sense to continue with 3 more scorpene follow up order with AIP and go for Indigenous design for P75i

INS Karanj Commissioned today into Indian Navy

Sad state now the entire knowledge gained in last 10 years will site idle and then go waste sooner . One more sub to be completed if follow on order was given year ago metal cutting would have happened by next year at least . Now looks like entire submarine line of MDL will be idle for years to come

DRDO AIP to be Retrofitted on All Six Indian Navy Scorpene Submarines Naval Group offers ‘Made in India’ F21 heavy water torpedoes, the French OEM’s India lead Rear Admiral R.K. Shrawat (Retd) discloses in an exclusive interview to Vishal Thapar of SP’s Naval Forces Chairman and Managing...

Nice we need another 5-6 more of these without wasting some time and resources

Hit jobs Hit jobs Hit jobs this has become the new norm of the presstitute world ..No where the MoD said Arihant is damaged its just said can't discuss about that project because of national security ..

Underestimating the chinese progress is not really good for us ..Though they are copy cats they had come a long way from those copy cat days especially in their naval ship building

@Trinetra This is the only source i could find about the third Sub being named Vela ..But this might be wrong tooo ..As Kalvari class was named kalvari,khanderi,karanj,Kursura the older Foxtrot Subs ..The new ones might be named the same too the last two subs might be named something new ...

@Trinetra The name of 3rd is INS Vela not INS Karanj..

Few more pictures of INS Kalvari

No i think mazagon has just handed over the Kalvari to IN ..Now IN will decide when it officially commission the submarine ...The Sub is not commissioned today into IN

INS kalvari ready for delivery with fresh coat of paint in MDL to IN ...:india:

@TheHurtLocker Who needs it most, if anyone? So are submarine-launched air missiles really a capability we’ll find widespread on submarines in the future? Maybe: But there will be a clear delineation in the motives of the countries that deploy them. These systems might prove most valuable on...

This might be the pic of Kalvari the first one which is almost ready for induction by August .. So no wonder its honeymooning in deep blue waters ....

Any idea what torpedo was this ?? Varunastra or some russian torpedo's ???

Of course defence is in backseat under UPA and now under NDA for sure .. The priorities of NDA are very simple do things which attract the masses and get the votes so that safely they can reach shore in every election after elections .. I will not be surprised if the SP for DPP won t come even...

Will happily come when our over talked Jootley sir sits down and does the work rather procrastination which he is know for .. We need a separate RM how can a man be given two of the top most Cabinet post s Defence and Finance both are such crucial for the country and that too someone who is know...

In our difficulties lies an opportunity for someone across the ocean ha ha ha ha :biggrin2::biggrin2: well if Scorpene is the only left out option and which can be produced sooner than why not ... 6 more .. but this time with Torpedo s please and also with possible AIP ..

Extremely Difficult for Indian Navy’s Submarine Force to Counter Any Hostilities in Current State : Standing Committee on Defence. In a recent report tabled before the parliament, the ‘standing committee on defence’ has raised serious concerns about the Indian Navy’s underwater force. The...

Why is there a big difference between Laid down and launch date between Our subs and the ones of Chile and Malaysia . They seem to be finishing it faster in 3-4 years time frame where are we are taking minimum 6 years time frame to finish construction of a Submarine.. Just as per the wikipedia...