Off course, the great Supapowar India must always upgrade its supa-dupa military to counter Big Bad China.
Jai Hind!
India wants to build those SSNs, ostensibly to patrol the Indian Ocean, and for Supapowar pride. I can understand that. But, knowing the Jai Hinds, they are going to have wet dreams about sailing these things off the Chinese coast together with the navies of their Anglo masters. To show to the Chinese, the superiority of their Brahmin genetics.
When China and Russia build nuclear submarines, SCMP and their kind would call them noisy rust buckets that poses minimal threat to the great navies of the West. But when India announces that its gonna build them, then its about "building capability", and they even have the cheek of comparing India to the big five. Yeah, Jai Hind to you SCMP.
India have been talking about this since 2020. So are they finally gonna buy it this time? 31 MQ-9Bs, versus dozens of TB2s and WLIIs by Pakistan, and hundreds, if not thousands of drones by China. Jai Hind!
BTW, how long is India gonna build those two brand new SSNs?
India to build and commission two brand new SSNs in 10-12 years time? This is India, so take that deadline with a bucket full of salt. They won't even know what kind of PLAN would be waiting for them in 10-12 years time.
