Chief of naval staff Admiral Suresh Mehta said that a global tender would soon be issued to purchase six more conventional diesel-electric submarines.
These submarines are in addition to half a dozen scorpene submarines currently under construction at Mumbai's Mazgaon dock by the French manufacturer Armeris. The Rs. 15,000 crore deal was sealed between India and France in 2005.
Though all French submarines are expected to be delivered by 2017, the navy has realised the need for having an extended underwater weapon platform owing to the Indian Ocean's growing strategic importance.
Official circles confirmed, 'in accordance with the plan to keep a certain number of submarines in the force, we will be acquiring six of one type (Scorpene) and six of another type.
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