Eight more People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) warships sortied past Taiwan to the north, via the Miyako Strait. (The story was originally published in TOI)ĭon’t miss out on ET Prime stories! Get your daily dose of business updates on WhatsApp.On Monday, the Chinese aircraft carrier Shandong and her escorts exited the South China Sea south of Taiwan out into the Western Pacific. Lastly, deliveries of the 11 next-generation offshore patrol vessels, seven at Goa Shipyard and four at GRSE, will commence from September 2026, at an overall cost of Rs 9,781 crore. Additionally, a recent contract worth over Rs 19,000 crore has been inked with Hindustan Shipyard (HSL) for five 44,000-tonne fleet support ships, with deliveries set to commence in four years.įurthermore, six next-generation missile vessels, costing Rs 9,805 crore, are slated to be constructed by the Cochin Shipyard, with deliveries commencing from March 2027. These are scheduled for delivery between 20.Īmong the 61 other ships on order, two more guided-missile destroyers, Imphal and Surat, will soon join the first two, INS Visakhapatnam and INS Mormugao, commissioned under the Rs 35,000 crore Project-15B at MDL. Seven 6,670-tonne stealth frigates, part of Project-17A, are under construction, with four at MDL and three at GRSE in Kolkata, at a cost of Rs 45,000 crore. These will supplement the initial six submarines, constructed for over Rs 23,000 crore.Īmid these challenges, there is a silver lining. Delays in commencing 'Project-75-India,' aimed at building six advanced diesel-electric submarines worth over Rs 42,000 crore, have prompted the government to opt for an additional three French-origin Scorpene submarines to be constructed at Mazagon Docks (MDL). Another pressing concern is the depleting underwater combat capability.
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