An Indian Kilo class submarine spooked Chinese warships that were sent to patrol pirate infested waters in the Gulf of Aden and the two navies engaged in an hour long game of 'hide and seek' in international waters last month, Chinese media reports have said.In the first such incident involving Indian and Chinese warships that has come to light, media reports from China said that its warships 'forced' the Indian submarine to surface after over an hour of maneuvers during which anti submarine choppers were scrambled from the Chinese destroyers.
While officers in the Indian Navy have acknowledged that track was being kept of the Chinese warships that transited from the Malacca Straits to Somalia waters, they denied that the India sub was forced to surface during the 'encounter'.
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now this is bad ...this will cause an increase in spending on the Indian and Chinese part.
ReplyDeleteBut then why was the silly Indian submarine doing it.
Trying to test the Chinese fleet for weakness perhaps.
Interesting development that will raise Indian-Chinese tension.
ReplyDeleteTejaswy, I think the Indian submarine(s) were shadowing the Chinese ships to test the Chinese electronic defenses, capabilities and anti-sub procedures.
The Chinese transit across the Indian Ocean hence provided a golden opportunity for Indian naval intelligence gathering.
Pete