Milden is their aspiration. They are still going in for type 214 diesels from Germany. They are good in some areas like drones but I doubt they have any serious submarine building capabilities. They are just about learning the ropes like we are.
Access to western technology comes with strict end user licensing. They won’t be able to deploy that for third countries. In any case, Scorpenes we are building with active French naval presence are a generation ahead of Agostas and their new 8 huang class submarines from China by 2028 (if it happens) are liable to be sighted by our ASW assets. Plus we may also have some SSNs by then. They are just wasting money. Let them do so.
The Milden project is half-way into development and porkies will definitely pick a few ones its ready, yes they are also learning the ropes but that requires a base which they have developed in the form of building naval and civilian ships.
We are buying support ships from them remember?? they have used their contacts effectively and thanks to german largesse mainly due to retard merkel they have had good access to basic technology and have developed quite a robust MIC.
Which is not a good sign for us at all and this is going to be a problem for us in the longer run , they will definitely support the porkies and supply them with weapons so its important we develop our MIC at rapid pace as well.
Anyways the upgrade of agosta 90s will be done like i said its not a major update mostly electronics but will definitely give it a new lease of life , but its still a old design nothing our anti submarine assets can't handle but a worthwhile addition nonetheless.
there is a saying in RAW circles , AS SPIES YOU DEAL IN DECEPTION , BUT YOU NEVER DEAL IN SELF DECEPTION.
let's not underestimate our foe like they do , lets identify them correctly so we can counter it effectively down the line when we need to.