India will add 101 new warships to boost its naval forces

[Markus]

India will add 101 new warships to boost its naval forces​

India is to invest USD 46.96 billion as part of moves to boost up its naval forces over the next 20 years adding 101 new warships, ranging from sophisticated destroyers to nuclear submarines.

"Going by the investment value, India is expected to build sophisticated destroyers, new generation and new radar vessels, nuclear submarines, and amphibious ships," Naval analyst Bob Nugent and vice president of the United States-based AMI International, said here today.

Speaking at a pre-event press conference for the International Maritime Defence Exhibition and Conference to be held here for May 18 to 20, the international expert said that Indian investments in surface and under sea platforms would be double that of China, which was spending USD 23.99 billion to build 113 war vessels.

While, Indian naval programme would be focused on building nuclear submarines, the Chinese thrust would be on building an aircraft carrier.

India, he said was looking at building compact hi-speed and hi-tech warships, the analyst said, that Indian shipyards were in the process of completing hi-speed coastal boats to prevent Mumbai type terror attacks from the sea.

He said, that Indian naval shipyards were already operating its full capacity, raising the risk of ship building programmes running short of local yard space.

He cited that the first casualty could be India's ambitions to build six French Scorpene submarines, adding that this order could be reduced from six to three due to limited yardspace.

Maritime experts said, that India's expenditure on warship building could account for as much as 27.8 per cent of the total investment in Asia-Pacific.

Complete Article: 'India will add 101 new warships to boost its naval forces' - Indian Express

 

[JayAtl]

A Naval buildup of this magnitude is China centric too but cold start comes to mind again. I said it every time that 'Cold start' was always active as a "concept" and that it would be foolish otherwise. All these investments in the military go to show that India wants to be in a position to do precisely that if attacked again ( 26/11 style ) .

 

[Nirvana]

He cited that the first casualty could be India's ambitions to build six French Scorpene submarines, adding that this order could be reduced from six to three due to limited yardspace.

Order could be Reduced from 6 to 3 ??????

 

[JayAtl]

^^ no they would add more to be built in France vs India...

 

[Varad]

Well done. A strong Indian navy will be needed to guard the Indian ocean and secure are routes.

 

[GUNS-N- ROSES]

i thinks its good news coming from naval side. as we project our power on global scale we need to upgrade our navy to protect our maritime and strategic requirements.

 

[tvsram1992]

Does warships include small gunships used to counter mumbai like attacks and will it contain amphibious ships?

 

[DarK-LorD]

They said, that India and China naval buildup programme would outstrip that of non-NATO and even Russian investments.

Other major naval investors in Asia-Pacific would include Australia - USD 14 billion, Indonesia - USD 7 billion, Taiwan – USD 16 billion, Pakistan – USD 2.85 billion and Singapore – USD 1.74 billion.

Backing his confident in the Indian investment on naval ships, he pointed out that India have built and or was in the process of completing 100 coastal boats.

Nugent stressed that the high dollar investments for each country showed the high-end naval vessels to be built in the coming years though the number of units might be small.

He said the region was already rated as the world's leading investor in the naval vessels, with 340 units, worth USD 69.1 billion, being built or to be completed over the next three years.


A further 193 naval vessels, costing USD 71 billion, were planned to be built between 2014 and 2019 in the region, he said. Nugent estimated that the region would build 236 naval vessels, an investment of USD 28.2 billion, in 2020-2030.

The large scale Asia Pacific investment on the naval ships puts the region in second place behind the United States, which is to invest USD 280 billion on 505 vessels over the next 20 years.

But Asia Pacific was ahead of the North AtlanticTreaty Organisation (NATO). NATO is to invest USD 153.3 billion on 581 vessels over the same 20 year period, lower than Asia Pacific's combined USD 168.3 billion investment on 769 vessels.

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According to Nugent, there was no regional "Naval Arms Races" unfolding so far, and the investment from each country would depend on the respective economic growths.

Comparatively, the Caribbean and Latin American region would invest USD 24.8 billion on 292 vessels over the next 20 years, the Middle East and North Africa USD 38.2 billion on 453 vessels, Non-NATO Europe USD 8.8 billion on 61 vessels, Russia USD 22.1 billion on 84 vessels, and Sub-Sahara Africa USD 3.1 billion on 41 vessels.

 

[Nirvana]

Does warships include small gunships used to counter mumbai like attacks and will it contain amphibious ships?

Yes , we have Plans to Build Amphibious ships too with Patrol Vessels , Along with SSBN , SSN , Subs , Aircraft carriers , destroyers , frigates , Corvettes.

 

[IND151]

nice news. it will really make our forces stronger .

 

[kingdurgaking]

420 million indians survive on less than $1 per day....and u are buying ships to hunt for somalian pirates instead of feeding them.....art of deception...well done

If we dont build them... 1 billion population will be less that $1 including our president.. Defence is a investment .... your frustration can be felt.... dude ... your Navy can never match our might..

 

[Markus]

Navy is Pakistan's weakness.

We must go after their weakest point.

Hit them and hit them hard.

 

[tvsram1992]

Navy is Pakistan's weakness.

Dude what made you to think so, pls add the following
PAF is asking US for spares,http://www.defence.pk/forums/milita...requests-aircraft-spares-usa.html#post1756421
Its Nuclear sites are under the control of US only,
Ballistic missiles are very less in no. and lack of precision.
We know about army.
So its one and only strongest arm is ISI .
Atleast it could play key role in anti India role like mumbai attacks ... It was succesful in hiding worlds top terrorists.

 

[Markus]

Dude what made you to think so, pls add the following
PAF is asking US for spares,http://www.defence.pk/forums/milita...requests-aircraft-spares-usa.html#post1756421
Its Nuclear sites are under the control of US only,
Ballistic missiles are very less in no. and lack of precision.
We know about army.
So its one and only strongest arm is ISI .
Atleast it could play key role in anti India role like mumbai attacks ... It was succesful in hiding worlds top terrorists.

When you compare army to army, air power to air power, naval force to naval force, you will realize that Pakistan navy is the most neglected of all three.

 

[Abingdonboy]

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a country whose entire navy,army,airforce and civil law enforcement was gang raped by 10 somalian pirates on 26/11 for 3 days and 4 nights only to be rescued by israeli snipers is teaching others the meaning of word negligence.....ironic and and hilarious

Does anything you say contain any truth? Why do you insist they are SOMALIAN pirates when there isn't a shred of evidence of this and the ENTIRE world knows it was launched by Pakistan from Pakistan. It is absolutely ludicrous no one other than a few ignorant Pakistanis makes these claims, your Own government admits it Pak officially admits LeT role in 26/11: TV report - The Times of India


And Israeli snipers? Where did this come from??!!!!


Absolutely absurd.