Good One. India is very seriously and rapidly improving it's defence.
Can anyone throw some light on S1000 submarine class which L&T is involved ??
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http://livefist.blogspot.com/2009/07/s1000-for-indian-navys-project-75a.html
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S-1000 ssk
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A combination of factors is understood to be
leading to the Indian Navy positively leaning back
towards seriously considering the Russo-Italian
S1000 submarine for its (Project-75A) second
line of diesel-electric attack submarines to be built
under technology transfer within the country.
The S1000, a joint design and development
initiative between Russia's Central Design Bureau
for Marine Engineering "Rubin" and Italy's
Fincantieri, is apparently being considered with as
much seriousness now as the larger Amur 1650,
currently assumed to be the frontrunner for the
highly lucrative deal (a good chunk of the Navy
favours the Amur). A presentation on the S1000
was made to the Indian Navy in late 2006 and
then in early 2008, though the Indian Navy had
observed at the time, that the S1000 may be too
small for its needs (the fact that anti-surface
warfare was a stated secondary profile did not go
down well either at the time). The photograph
(Figure 4) of the U212's combat centre was used
in the presentation made to the Navy on the
S1000.
Note, however, that Rosoboronexport is pushing
only the Amur 1650, it's only the Italian Ministry
of Defence that is pushing the S1000, even
though Rosobornexport is a partner.
Unlike the DCNS Scorpene line (Project 75), the
second line of submarines will look to purchase
submarines with air independent propulsion (AIP)
systems as standard. And unlike Rubin's
proposed AIP system on the Amur, the Indian
Navy is understood to be very keen on the
S1000's AIP system, particularly because its
based on the Siemens SiNavyCIS BZM-120 PEM
hydrogen fuel cell (Figure 3).
The S1000 also features specialised non-magnetic
hull fabrication, a feature that the Navy wants in
its next line. The HDW U-214 is almost definitely
out of the reckoning -- Pakistan is in line to order
three from Germany. Also, the Indian Navy is
simply not convinced that the Type 214 takes any
meaningful advanced technologies from the Type
212/212A of which it is an export derivative.
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