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Sunday, August 30, 2009

Scorpene project will cost Rs 2,000cr more

Scorpene class submarineIndia will have to soon shell out well over Rs 2,000 crore more to French armament companies if it does not want its ongoing mammoth Rs 18,798 crore project to construct six Scorpene submarines at Mazagon Docks Ltd (MDL) in Mumbai to come to a grinding halt.

The Scorpene project, under which the first submarine was to roll out by December 2012, with the others following one per year thereafter, is already running two years behind schedule, as was first reported by TOI.

"Our submarine force-levels need to increase...there is no doubt. We have lost a lot of time (in the Scorpene project),'' says Navy chief Admiral Sureesh Mehta.

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1 comment:

  1. Pete30/8/09 16:40

    India should avoid losing its dominance over Pakistan's sub fleet.

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