Jako if you want a job as a sales rep for indian tech speak to those that are buying, we are not.
We are at an early stage of our maritime industry, we acknowledge we have a long way to go and don't pretend at what we are not. Lets take your comments one at a time..
Our plans are at stages:
1. First we are making at KSY LCUs and small inshore patrol crafts, these do not need stealth tech, so in your word the fact that they look like tin cans is fine.
2. Next KSY is going to build patrol vessels in the 650 ton class under license from China these will complement the two sister ships already delivered.
3. This will be followed by local build of modified type 56 corvettes currently under construction in China. As all indications show the construction of the first batch started build early 2012 and should arrive mid to late 2014. KSY will prob start build around 2014-2015.
4. Finally in the next 10-15 years KSY will be building frigates in the 2500-3000 tonne class that will incorporate advanced stealth tech, for which we expect to receive assistance from China and our own research centres.
Can you see the picture, for naval tech we are already receiving assistance from China, and a lot of investments are planned at KSY
For this, indian examples and assistance do not come into the picture. For non-naval maritime work, these are handled by the private yards, who have great links to Korean yards where many Bangladeshi's have worked.
Getting back to what you say about indian ability to produce well designed vessels, no one is denying they are good, what we don't want to do is take examples of indian public yards. We need to follow our own way and learn from our own mistakes, finally we tend to see Chinese and Korean yards as more efficient, and for political/strategic reasons easier to work with.