India targets Turkish shipyard over ties with Pakistan

[Kailash Kumar]

India targets Turkish shipyard over ties with Pakistan

Vivek Raghuvanshi  

1 hour ago

NEW DELHI — For the first time, India is taking punitive action against an overseas defense company that could see Turkish firm Anadolu Shipyard banned from doing defense-related business in India.

The Turkish company’s defense ties with Indian rival Pakistan have grown recently, and the latest move could impact the Indian Navy’s $2 billion fleet support ships program, for which state-owned Hindustan Shipyard Limited has chosen Anadolu Shipyard as its technology partner.

An Indian Ministry of Defence official said the punitive action would bar Anadolu from carrying out any business with Hindustan because such a partnership could have grave consequences for India’s security.

Last week Anadolu launched the first of four anti-submarine corvettes for the Pakistan Navy, and the shipyard is expected to officially ink a partnership agreement with Hindustan under which would be built five fleet support ships for the Indian Navy.

“Involvement of [the] Turkish defense company will include overseeing construction, detailed manufacturing, engineering, selecting equipment, quality assurance, etc. This would mean a permanent presence of Turkish people at HSL yard. That is a big security risk,” a senior Indian Navy official said.

India’s Navy will direct Hindustan to immediately end ties with Anadolu, the official added.

Diplomats at the Pakistani Embassy in India were unavailable for comment, and Anadolu Shipyard executives declined to discuss the subject.

Anadolu was selected by Hindustan in January to provide the design and other technical assistance for building five fleet support ships. Hyundai Heavy Industries of South Korea was not selected because it reportedly refused to guarantee the ships would be built in India, a Hindustan executive explained.

The 45,000-ton fleet support ship’s would carry armaments, stores and other essential equipment to support other warships in naval operations, and therefore the designer would possess sensitive details of what the ship would carry, another Indian Navy official said.

Said a Ministry of External Affairs official: “India is cautious with any kind of [strategic] alliance with Turkey because [the latter] has very close ties with Pakistan."

India has not formalized defense cooperation with Turkey despite more than 70 years of diplomatic ties.

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[Pakhtoon yum]

So petty just like them hahahaha

 

[war&peace]

Desperation of the small irrelevant beggars who have no money to pay for their purchases so the scumbags are hiding their poverty behind lame excuses.

 

[Hakikat ve Hikmet]

So, no Turkish defense products for India.....

 

[Mrc]

How was they targeted?? No toilets for turks visitors in india

 

[Lincoln]

Normal stuff. Pakistan made the error of buying snow gear equipment from the same defence company that India did in 1999, dud to failure of background check. It did a small bit of intel damage to say the least.

 

[Zapper]

The deal with turkey was made for the carrot and stick approach. Otherwise, fleet support ships don't need global tender. These are more like cargo ships which India can build with ease. India makes much more sophisticated ships & even very large crude carriers (VLCC). Even though all our shipyards are currently at peak operating capacity with a range of destroyers, frigates, corvettes, subs apart from private vessels being built, It could be a fall out of Turkey cosying up to Pakistan and raising Kashmir issue at the recently concluded UNGA

 

[W.11]

why doesnt india do the same when USA sells to both parties, probably cannot upset the lords and where millions of indians migrate.

regards

It could be a fall out of Turkey cosying up to Pakistan and raising Kashmir issue at the recently concluded UNGA

or indians cozing upto hindutva terrorists

 

[TOPGUN]

Who is india ? anyone ? no one ? noo so then just f_ck off for good.

 

[Turan09]

The deal with turkey was made for the carrot and stick approach. Otherwise, fleet support ships don't need global tender. These are more like cargo ships which India can build with ease. India makes much more sophisticated ships & even very large crude carriers (VLCC). Even though all our shipyards are currently at peak operating capacity with a range of destroyers, frigates, corvettes, subs apart from private vessels being built, It could be a fall out of Turkey cosying up to Pakistan and raising Kashmir issue at the recently concluded UNGA

Wrong. I agree they wanted to pay us some bribe, but India cant produce this ships herself. They chose Turkey because We offered them local production while Koreans (second option of Indians) Said ''they Cant produce this ships in india'' thats why We were the logical choice. And they thought it Was a good opportunity to build an alliance with Turkey but anyway, Now probably koreans will win the tender And ships will be build in Korea.

 

[TNT]

Lolz such tactics would only provoke Turkey and that makes it much harder for india.
Soon they will be crapping about a 3 front war.

 

[CAN_TR]

The deal with turkey was made for the carrot and stick approach. Otherwise, fleet support ships don't need global tender. These are more like cargo ships which India can build with ease. India makes much more sophisticated ships & even very large crude carriers (VLCC). Even though all our shipyards are currently at peak operating capacity with a range of destroyers, frigates, corvettes, subs apart from private vessels being built, It could be a fall out of Turkey cosying up to Pakistan and raising Kashmir issue at the recently concluded UNGA

Why was India ready paying $2.3 billions for technical assistance, machinery and design?

"India can build with ease" is a vague assertion.


btw... nice copy & paste comment

 

[Oublious]

India tried to build a frigate and if i remember not wrong they are still working on that or it is finished. What was it?

 

[Imran Khan]

India can go fock herself

 

[New World]

The deal with turkey was made for the carrot and stick approach. Otherwise, fleet support ships don't need global tender. These are more like cargo ships which India can build with ease. India makes much more sophisticated ships & even very large crude carriers (VLCC). Even though all our shipyards are currently at peak operating capacity with a range of destroyers, frigates, corvettes, subs apart from private vessels being built, It could be a fall out of Turkey cosying up to Pakistan and raising Kashmir issue at the recently concluded UNGA

its really sad to see that now Turkey will be bankrupted and will be on the mercy of Hindustan Shipyard to save them from going to bankrupt...