New Delhi: In the month of february 2015 the current NDA govenment in a bid to carry forward India's nuclear ambitions and a rise as a regional as well as a peaceful global power cleared the proposal of building SSN.
The cost of this project is said to be pegged at rupees 1 lakh crore which would include building of 6 nuclear powered general purpose SSNs which would be used to carry out conventional attack on capital ships,
submarines and various targets like seaports and such. This project if succeds would propel India into a league of selected five countries with the ability to indigeniously build and use machines of such capabilities.
Like the Arihant class submarine the Ministry of Defense roped in Larsen and Toubro which specializes in the field of producing steel and engineering capabbilities but instead choose to use their expertiseduring the earlier designing stages of the ATV(Advanced technology vessel) at the Larsen and Toubro's submarine design centre at their Hazira shipbuilding facility using 3D modelling software while the Tata Power SED built the control systems for the submarines. Now according to Economic times's sources one of the American shipbuilding companies along with one of the frech companies which has a significant presence in the Indian defense market has conducted and concluded meetings with defense officials from the Indian Ministry of Defense. According to them DCNS is offering the small Barracuda class SSN while the American company is willing to help in making a tailor made submarine according to India's request in India.
No comments or official data or as such anything on this matter has been released by neither by the DCNS officials or the Indian ministry of Defense. Although the MOD has confirmed that is has been in negotiations with Russia for a completely new SSN tailor made for the Indian Navy. Russia which has always been a source for India's strategic needs be it the Akula class submarine INS Chakra the only SSN India has or the INS Vikramaditya. Not only India which if is going to involve foreign companies for building SSN for it's navy. Currently DCNS is assisting Brazil in building it's first nuclear submarine while the french company would only help in non-nuclear aspects while with the South American nation using its own reactor and fuel.
submarines and various targets like seaports and such. This project if succeds would propel India into a league of selected five countries with the ability to indigeniously build and use machines of such capabilities.
Like the Arihant class submarine the Ministry of Defense roped in Larsen and Toubro which specializes in the field of producing steel and engineering capabbilities but instead choose to use their expertiseduring the earlier designing stages of the ATV(Advanced technology vessel) at the Larsen and Toubro's submarine design centre at their Hazira shipbuilding facility using 3D modelling software while the Tata Power SED built the control systems for the submarines. Now according to Economic times's sources one of the American shipbuilding companies along with one of the frech companies which has a significant presence in the Indian defense market has conducted and concluded meetings with defense officials from the Indian Ministry of Defense. According to them DCNS is offering the small Barracuda class SSN while the American company is willing to help in making a tailor made submarine according to India's request in India.
No comments or official data or as such anything on this matter has been released by neither by the DCNS officials or the Indian ministry of Defense. Although the MOD has confirmed that is has been in negotiations with Russia for a completely new SSN tailor made for the Indian Navy. Russia which has always been a source for India's strategic needs be it the Akula class submarine INS Chakra the only SSN India has or the INS Vikramaditya. Not only India which if is going to involve foreign companies for building SSN for it's navy. Currently DCNS is assisting Brazil in building it's first nuclear submarine while the french company would only help in non-nuclear aspects while with the South American nation using its own reactor and fuel.