New Delhi: The Navy aims to achieve its target to be a power of 170 warships in other decades, even when encouraging the Tri-Service case conclusions for 30 armed MQ-9B Predator Drones next year and the third carrier of aircraft in the coming years, at the coming years Feature the threat of colusiveness from China and Pakistan.
“We live in time when the balance of global and regional power shifts quickly and the fastest changing area is undoubtedly the territory of the Indian Ocean (IOR).
Sustainable efforts, therefore, to ensure that our level of strength increases to improve the ability to meet the challenges Appeared, “said Deputy Deputy Navy Laksamana SN Ghormade on Tuesday.
Procurement case for 30 armed MQ-9B Predator drones from the US “will move in a short time” for approval for the Rajnath Singh-LED Acquisition Board (DAC) after sustainable consultation with all stakeholders for “balanced decisions”.
, Deputy Admiral Ghormade was added.
Toi is the first to report that India has completed plans to acquire drones – 10 each for the Army, Navy and IAF – for remote precision strikes to hostile targets on land and sea.
The agreement includes several technology transfers and repair and maintenance facilities that will be established in India.
After the Cabinet Committee on the final nod security, the government’s agreement to the government with the US is likely to be inking next year.
Navy, meanwhile, arranged to get a big boost in combat forces with commissioning from the destroyer of the first missiles of four visakhapatnam (overall project cost of Rs 35,000 Crore) on November 21 and fourth out of six Kalvari – Class Scorpene submarines (RS 23,000 Crore) on November 25.
“Both of them built on the Pier Mazagon in Mumbai are the main milestones that display custom capacity to build a complex combat platform.
They will increase our capacity and firepower to overcome the threat both in the water and underwater domains above,” said Deputy Admiral Ghormade.
“This is a very large proud problem that as many as 39 warships and submarines are currently being built in various Indian shipyards (other than that, two frigates are being built in Russia),” he added.
But the previous plan for Navy 130 warships, with around 230 aircraft, helicopters and drones, to reach 170 warships and 320 aircraft in 2027 had been suspended at least five years due to delays in the acquisition plan and budget constraints.
It becomes increasingly worrying because China, who already has the largest navy in the world with around 350 warships and submarines, has now begun to supply Pakistan with four multi-role Demon Frigates and eight Yuan class conventional submarines with independent propulsions.
Great underwater resistance, between other naval platforms and weapons, which deals is worth more than $ 7 billion inking before.
The Indian Navy has taken into account “all these threats from enemies throughout the war spectrum” into the mission-based development plan, ability-dominant.
The third plane carrier “matches this balanced style structure”, said the Head of the Navy Deputy.
India currently only has one aircraft carrier, 44,500 tons of Vikramaditya, inaugurated from Russia for $ 2.33 billion in November 2013.
Other $ 2 billion was spent on making 45 supersonic MIG-29K fighters to operate from the deck.
The country of the country’s first customer aircraft will be assigned as Ins Vikrant in August next year.
But the 40,000 ton operator would be fully operational only after the testing of the fighters and the required helicopter was completed from the deck around the mid 2023, as previously reported by TOI.
China has operated two operators, Liaoning and Shandong, and quickly built two more with Catobar (releasing success but catching recovery) to launch fighter and more heavy aircraft for supervision, early warning and electronic warfare from the deck, such as the US.