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Time matters too. Can the requirement of VLS warrant time slippage of a decade into the program. Original requirement of 24 diesel subs was to be met by 2018. RIP to that.

India should have just gone in and made 12 of these without break. Its much better than the imaginary P75-I, cheaper($600M) and the Indian navy definitely needs more. I just dont understand what stops India from committing to a single design after it has passed the technical requirements.

Brahmos takes up 700mm, so even 650mm tubes of russian subs cant fit it. On the other hand, the inclusion brahmos is to fulfill requirement for AShM not LACM, and therefore Exocet is much likely to be integrated than Scalp or nirbhay.

You should be happy that it is 1/year. 1/year for the lifetime of these ships is still 30 subs in force, considering average life of a diesel boat to be 30 years. The thing is, it won't be 1/year after the 6th ship is launched. Then, it'll be 0/year.

Agree. Thyssenkrupp is also quite well connected, and is looking to load off some subsidiaries like steel plants, elevator business to keep other more important subsidiaries afloat.

SUT are 70s tech. F21 ( enhanced blackshark) is what is really required. 1800 crore were already sanctioned for 98 torpedo of the kind but MoD stopped the deal right in its track. Now these 6 scorpene will share with 4 HDW subs, some 60 SUT old torpedos already in inventory.

It would've been so much better if these underwater predators actually had some teeth at induction. Right now, all they can fire are AShM. MoD should clear torpedo deal right away.