I was talking about time between laid down to commissioning. Shivalik class took on average 9 years each. INS Nilgiri, if delivered by late 2024, would have taken 7 years.Did it?
INS Shivalik
Laid down - July 2001
Launched - April 2003
(1 year, 9 months)
INS Nilgiri
Laid down - December 2017
Launched - September 2019
(1 year, 9 months)
Our 'launches' happen without any of the sensors & weapons so they can't be an excuse if we're only counting the time up to the launch.
That's not bad given the Nilgiris are larger & carry a sensor package that would out-match the Shivaliks any day.
This is true. There was also talk of follow up orders of the Niligiri class. I was hoping that would materialize by now. Can't be doing piecemeal orders and expecting rapid improvements in the shipbuilding industry.I don't know how or where they've messed up, but they have.
The PSU shipyard nomination system is terrible & it needs to go. At least we should have used private builders to build out the hull & superstructures, then let the PSU shipyards to outfitting. Instead, we have wasted that capacity. And now with the lack of follow-on orders we are also wasting PSU shipyard's capacities.Really wish we had a Pvt yard like L&T Kattupalli building major surface combatants.