The Defence Acquisition Council of India on Saturday cleared defence deals worth Rs. 80,000 crore. The deal includes the acquisition of six conventional submarines
Now fear is started in Pakistan and China. It’s good to see that money spent on defense projects will be in India and will benefit Indians. The shipyards will have business and employment while the expenses will be a lot less when manufactured at home. Hope to see more of this from this government. The decision to manufacture the submarines in India is in line with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘Make in India’ pitch. Now it’s time to make more in India, make everything in India to success the campaign ‘Make in India’.
Israel supplies and develops unique weapon systems that the us uses when it decides it needs it and is found to be a success. E.g. Drones were given a special status in Israel and developed to a greater degree than the we did, likewise today anti missile and mortar tech that the us is also now benefiting from. India has opted to buy Israel’s Spike anti-tank guided missile, a defence ministry source said on Saturday, rejecting a rival US offer of Javelin missiles that Washington had lobbied hard to win. Spike is a man-portable “fire and forget” anti-tank missile that locks on to targets before shooting. It is produced by Israel’s Rafael Advanced Defence Systems, which declined to comment.
Following this, the ministry will issue requests for proposal (RFP) to specific port that will be identified on the basis of the study which will look into whether they have the capacity and manpower to build six submarines in the same port only besides other parameters.
The Defence Acquisition Council of India on Saturday cleared defence projects deals worth Rs. 80,000 crore. The deal includes the acquisition of six conventional submarines to augment the aging and depleted submarine fleet and two midget submarines — also known as ‘Swimmer Delivery Vehicles’ – which are used for special operations. India will buy at least 8,000 Spike missiles and more than 300 launchers in a deal worth 32bn rupees ($525m), the source said after a meeting of India’s Defence Acquisition Council.
Following Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘make in India’ campaign and the overall policy to build and strengthen the fledgling Indian defence industry, all six boats will be made in Indian shipyards. The Indian Navy – the end users – will identify shipyards that can acquire the technology from foreign manufacturers and build the boats on schedule. The process of identifying the shipyards will be completed in the next two months. There are seven shipyards in India, including four government yards. The Indian exchequer will shell out an estimated Rs. 53,000 crore for the six boats.
Clearing the procurement, Defence Minister Arun Jaitley said, “National security is of paramount concern for the government and all hurdles and bottlenecks in the procurement process should be addressed expeditiously.”
The midget submarines weigh less than 150 tons and are smaller than conventional submarines. They can carry between 8 to 24 fully armed commandos, who are ejected through the torpedo tubes some miles away from the target, from where they can swim towards their target, complete the mission and swim back; this is why they are also called ‘Swimmer Delivery Vehicles’.
The DAC (Defence Acquisition Council ) also decided to buy 1,761 units of five spoke 7.5 ton radio containers at the cost of Rs 662 crores besides buying 1,768 critical rolling stock — open and closed wagons for transport of military equipment at a cost of Rs 740 crore.
Narendra Modi Govt clears defence projects worth Rs 80,000 Crores, 6 submarines to be built in India
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