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Aware of Chinese submarine purchase by Pakistan: Parrikar
Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar speaking to media at the undocking ceremony of first Scorpene submarine said that he is fully aware of recent deal between Pakistan and china on sale of 8 Yuan-class Type-041 conventional (non-nuclear) diesel-powered submarines .
Due to recent development we will work to fast track Project-75I said Parrikar and also he will work to make sure that current 6 Scorpene submarine under development in India are delivered by 2018.
Pakistan navy has a requirement of 15 new submarines and is also on the lookout for the purchase of surplus submarines with European navies. Pakistan already has declared its intention to equip new conventional submarines with Strategy nukes which can be fired from Naval Cruise missiles to give Pakistan Second strike capabilities.
INS Kalvari first of the Scorpene submarine will be inducted by September 2016 in Indian Navy. Defence Minister also confirmed that he will b reviewing Scorpene submarine Project on a monthly basis to make sure Project which has already been delayed by 4 years stays on track and will be meet revised delivery schedules.
Aware of Chinese submarine purchase by Pakistan: Parrikar | idrw.org
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Requirement for 15 new submarines, let's make it round for 14, that should be the 6 ones ordered in 2011 to be delivered in 2016/17, plus the 8 from the new deal, plus the types S-26 and S-30 that Pakistan will build a few of !?. That will fulfill the present requirements as well as the near future ones, plus some kind of temporary gap filling European surplus submarines ( I can only see the type 212 from Italy or the Gotland from Scandinavia since they both have AIP, but who knows, maybe the Greek U-214s with AIP too).
I have also noticed that the Indian Scorpenes wee delayed by 4 years and the announcement of Pakistan for procuring 8 new submarines coincides with the first rolled out Scorpene. The 4 years is also the span of time since the first deal for 6 Type 041 Qing class submarines was signed in 2011 between Pakistan and China, deliveries are scheduled for next year 2016 for at least 3 and another 3 by 2017. The 4 year delay also gave Pakistan a chance to accumulate a substantial budget for new procurements a.k.a new submarines. Either 2 on top of the original 6 , or as they say in most articles "new 8 submarines". That makes it 14 in total. One should expect to see most of them under Pakistan's Navy colors buy 2020/2022
This shows how closely Pakistan and India are watching each other's moves. And how they move in consequence to those moves.
"Fully aware..." indeed, but it is Pakistan who seems to have the upper hand in intelligence and an edge in awareness.
Thank God! They are aware...