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ACuriousPLAFan

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So it looks like India's first SSN will join the Indian Navy by 2040, with 6 SSNs planned in total.

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TBH, while this can look like Paris trying to balance out the anti-China voices in France (because of Macron's visit to China several months ago) by using an already rabidly Sinophobic India as a great tool for said purpose, I think this move (if this France-India SSN deal goes through) also serves to shove an up-yours to Washington DC and (especially) Canberra for Australia's betrayal on their Attack-class SSK project in favor of AUKUS.

In the meantime, what China should do:
1. Expand her undersea SOSUS network in the South China Sea, the Malacca Strait and the Java Sea. The Indian Navy SSNs definitely will intrude into China's backyard, sooner or later;
2. Significantly enhance and upgrade the PLAN's ASW capabilities in the near seas and far away, with the goal of matching the ASW capabilities of the US and Japan ASAP; and
3. Hey there Huludao, Jiangnan and Dalian - How many SSGNs and SSKNs can you build till 2040?
 
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