And how many will be retired? Also you will not have third IAC for atleast 10 years, in 2030 deal may be signed and by 2040-2045 INS Vishal can enter service. Only 2 LHDs to be built over originally planned 4, your ships are getting retired as well, and a lot of our ships are old as well. China is building it’s navy very rapidly. When will we get our first SSN under Project-75 Alpha? 2030? When will we get first P-18 Destroyer? 2030? We should increase the speeds and investments in Navy, but our economy ultimately is Fucked.
First of all , how china is building fast should be accessed before comment , second problem should be addressed point wise , third we should look at our needs and quality as well which we will be requiring .
Also , thirrd ac won't take this long , this was a failure in policy planning about accessing situation properly on ground level , vizag class was delayed by Ukraine and russian supplies , third , we can increase capability of our ships by some changes as older inclined launcher can be replaced by vls uf possible , new indigenous missile can be fitted out .
On submarine front , we were completely bli d of our situation , problem is not money alone ,but lack of vision , we should have increased commonality among ship classes , one is french othrr is german and third is russian , the p 75 i should be french or russian to make commonality , as the aip and many components are of foreign origin bigger order will lead to dependencies in future , but as we have seen many times ,some indigenous submarine ssk are in deveolpment so it would be better if we place order for that class in 2026 or so and start delivery by 2030 , order can be un tranches but should be atleast 18 or 12 , not less