PM Modi's France Trip To Give India 3 More Scorpene Class, 'Hunter-Killer' Subs? | Read
An India-France statement released Wednesday confirms progress has been made towards a deal to manufacture three more French-designed Scorpene-class 'hunter-killer' submarines in Mumbai.
India already operates six submarines of this type; the most recent of which, INS Vagsheer, was one of three advanced attack vessels commissioned by Prime Minister Narendra Modi last month.
News of progress in the deal to buy three more Scorpene subs - at a reported cost of Rs 36,000 crore but with nearly 60 per cent 'Made-in-India' tech, which is higher than that incorporated in the first six - came after talks between Mr Modi and France's Emmanuel Macron.
