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Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Delay in Scorpene submarines will impact force levels

Scorpene-class SubmarineThe delivery of Scorpene submarines to the Indian Navy has been delayed by three years and this will impact on its force levels but corrective measures have already been taken, parliament was informed Monday.

'A programme of construction of six Scorpene submarines is currently underway at Mazagon Docks Limited (MDL) under transfer of technology from a French company.

As per the contract, the first submarine was scheduled to be delivered in December 2012 and thereafter one each every year till December 2017,' Defence Minister A.K. Antony said during question hour in the Lok Sabha.

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