Why Does India Need So Many Warships, Submarines and Aircraft Carriers ?

[INDIAPOSITIVE]

According to a recent report, the Union government has approved the induction of 56 new warships and six submarines for the Indian Navy. This has apparently been done to augment the Indian Navy’s overall prowess while the country’s first indigenous aircraft carrier Vikrant has entered its final phase of construction.

Addressing a press conference on the eve of Navy Day, Navy chief Admiral Sunil Lamba said on Monday that “a great deal of progress” had been made on ensuring synergy and “jointness” among the three services. He also listed the various steps being taken to modernize his force including the induction of a large fleet of military jet planes and helicopters, adding that the construction of a second aircraft carrier is expected to start within three years.

Admiral Lamba’s statements on the expansion of the Indian Navy could well lead people to wonder whether the Indian Navy was expecting an attack from some enemy country. All world leaders had realized the futility of war in an age when so many countries had acquired nuclear weapons. There was every reason to believe that the entire world had learnt its lessons from Nagasaki and Hiroshima.

So why does a country like India need 56 additional warships or an additional aircraft carrier? Fifty-six new warships and six more submarines are going to cost the kind of money that could fund a few hundred health centres and schools.

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Does a ‘peace-loving’ country need so many more warships and submarines unless it is planning for war or expecting an attack from some enemy country?
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[Lord Of Gondor]

 

[Jugger]

Who said that India is peaceful...? We are only peaceful until our conditions and needs are met. If someone interferes with our interests then it’s game on. We should thank our aggressive neighbors for this, they have given us ample of experience in the last 70 years.

Ghandi’s Peaceful India is not possible in our present neighborhood.

 

[Tshering22]

Does a ‘peace-loving’ country need so many more warships and submarines unless it is planning for war or expecting an attack from some enemy country?

India's Naval expansion has been on hold for over 20 years since USSR's fall. Weak economy, terrible structuring and weak and sqabbling governments in 90s meant that everything had to be pushed to what is now.

Building naval capabilities is the key to securing our interests in the Indian Ocean Region. This includes monitoring EEZs and also being able to assist countries that have security treaties with us (Maldives, Mauritius, Seychelles and now Madagascar).

Just as China sees its interests in SCS, we have our interests in IOR around our waters. So we need additional hardware.

 

[Imran Khan]

because or next maha bahrat

 

[Hack-Hook]

So why does a country like India need 56 additional warships or an additional aircraft carrier? Fifty-six new warships and six more submarines are going to cost the kind of money that could fund a few hundred health centres and schools.

they must be some extraordinary Health center and School to cost that much to build

 

[HariSinghNalwa]

most of the ships are build indigenously in indian shipyards ,so contributing to the economy as a boost not drag on economy as portrayed by the posters.

Shivalik class Frigates

Arihant Class Submarine

Delhi Class and Kolkata class destoyers

Kamorta Class

new inductions which article is talking about are 4 P15B and & 7 P17A and 4 Talwar class Frigates

 

[GHALIB]

great .

 

[Type59]

most of the ships are build indigenously in indian shipyards ,so contributing to the economy as a boost not drag on economy as portrayed by the posters.

Shivalik class Frigates
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Arihant Class Submarine
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Are engine's, radars and other systems on ship indigenous? I suspect not.

 

[Hack-Hook]

why Delhi Class destroyers are so overcrowded and Kolkata class destroyers are so clean and have abondance of free space you see in case of any accident it won't be easy working on Delhi class destroyers

 

[HariSinghNalwa]

why Delhi Class destroyers are so overcrowded and Kolkata class destroyers are so clean and have abondance of free space you see in case of any accident it won't be easy working on Delhi class destroyers

delhi class is a generation older

 

[Cobra Arbok]

because we are a superpower.
Also, the difference between men and boys is the size of their toys

 

[Hakikat ve Hikmet]

For China is investing even more for her Navy!!! And, she wants a safe passage in the IOR...

 

[Water Car Engineer]

Are engine's, radars and other systems on ship indigenous? I suspect not.

Some are, some arent. However, each batch of ships has increased homemade subsystems, materials. Good pace in this regard.

 

[bananarepublic]

Some are, some arent. However, each batch of ships has increased homemade subsystems. Good pace in this regard.

Indian navy is the only part of Indian armed forces that have got their procurement process right
not over stepping their capabilities in local production of equipment and slowly building in house capabilities