India may explore the possibility of leasing a few kilo-class submarines from Russia, government sources said. With the INS Sindhurakshak likely to be written off, the navy’s submarine arm will be left with just 13 conventional submarines — two of which are under repair. And most of them have lived 75% of their operational life. It will be left with merely seven to eight submarines, including a nuclear attack submarine leased from Russia, INS Chakra, in the coming years, as it will phase out the older Russian kilo-class and German HDW Type 209 submarines.
Posted on: Sun, 18 Aug 2013 14:37:35 +0000
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