Russia became the fifth country to opt out of the proposed tender for six ‘hunter-killer’ diesel-electric conventional submarines, citing an ‘unworkable’ design and timeline restrictions.
Giving a boost to mutual cooperation between the Brazilian and Indian navies with a special focus on submarine maintenance, a Brazilian delegation led by Vice Admiral Liberal Enio Zanelatto, Director of Industrial Production & Engineering, visited New Delhi on Friday.
A Brazilian Navy delegation led by Vice Adm Liberal Enio Zanelatto, Director of Industrial Production & Engineering, called on Vice Adm Ajendra Bahadur Singh, Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Western Naval Command on July 11, 2022. The two senior officers discussed various issues of common interest, including defence & submarines technology, Make in India, initiatives towards professional…
1361 Halting affair: Delay in modernisation hampers operational efficiency of the defence forces, which can compromise security. Reuters
Amit Cowshish and Rahul Bedi
Ex-Financial Adviser (Acquisition), MoD and Senior journalist
The Ministry of Defence’s (MoD) interminable deadlines in concluding procurements of urgently-needed materiel is not at all surprising in a country that prides itself on timelessness and where the word for today and tomorrow kal is paradoxically the same.
The equally enigmatic timelines of parson and tarson the day after or the third day or thereabouts remain similarly nebulous when it concerns the MoD’s snail pace in concluding pressing defence equipment buys. This, in turn, adversely impinges on the military’s operational efficiency and its long-postponed modernisation.