Our current fleet, minus SSN, is enough to take care of the entire IOR and even the SCS. We have/will have 2 carriers and 34 warships, that's more than enough for the job.
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Our current fleet, minus SSN, is enough to take care of the entire IOR and even the SCS. We have/will have 2 carriers and 34 warships, that's more than enough for the job.
I remembered one story when one Indian submarine detected to Chinese submarine Bay of Bengal without getting detected.
From Indian Navy's official website:
One Russian designed submarine is under construction.
Will it truly be enough to challenge China? How many submarines does China have? And who could possibly know for sure, given how these devious, sneaky Chinese are cleverly hiding them?
What is the development in lroject Varsha? Any update? @vstol Jockey
seriously , SCS ? you do understand that if we do sail into SCS we will be encountering chinese navy whose numbers are not only large but also right in to their backyard.
yeah just like we detected their intrusion in ladakh I suppose.
As long as we have a carrier that can cover us from the air, we can operate anywhere within the range of the CBG. Of course, this means the jets should also be capable of doing the job, which the Mig-29K cannot, but the TEDBF can. Or the Rafale-M. Either one.
So with a carrier, AAW and ASW ships, Nerpa and a supply ship or two we can operate anywhere. Doesn't matter if it's the SCS or elsewhere. The very point of operating a carrier is to gain sea control. And it's not just the CBG, there will be other ships as well, conducting other missions.
Whether it's their backyard or ours, the threat is pretty much the same. During war, we will naturally concentrate on the chokepoints, but even controlling many of those chokepoints requires carriers.
Navy seeks amendment to 30-year submarine plan, wants six nuclear boats
In the backdrop of rapidly expanding Chinese Navy, the Indian Navy wants six SSNs to replace diesel powered conventional attack submarines as Indo-Pacific has emerged as the new theatre.
For any incursion to be detected, we need to have the systdes in place which probably were not. Limited budget often constrains the resources to be put in place where they required.
First three Navy nuke attack submarines to be 95% Made in India
The Cabinet Committee on Security is considering the Navy proposal worth over Rs 50,000 crore for indigenously building three nuclear attack submarines which would be built by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) in Visakhapatnam.
That's great news to hear a lot of mechanical and electrical components used in submarines are indigenously manufactured.
DRDO do not design submarines. Directorate of Naval Design does. It's all Russian origin.
The import program will deliver faster and with all the technologies needed. The Kilos are going to leave service over the next 10 years without replacements. If we go for an indigenous replacement now, it won't become available when we need it.
More than anything else, we will likely face R&D manpower issues if we go for two programs simultaneously. Even our fighter jet designs came in sequentially before the strength of the manpower increased. So, once the SSN design phase ends within the next 3 years, we can then begin the design phase of the indigenous SSK.
Actually we are having two submarine programs running simultaneously. And both are indigenous with all the data and hydrodynamic analysis being done locally. It is going to give us much better experience than arihant program.
Are you talking about an SSK, apart from the SSN?
I don't think any SSK has entered design stage, it's only in the concept stage.