cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/45824293

As we all are seeing, Indian SSBN and SSN Programmes are moving pretty smoothly, but while this, we are significantly struggling with delays with general Disel Electric submarines. This is mainly because in the case of SSN and SSBN, it approach is quiet centralised as it is a matter of utmost priority, but it is not the same with Disel Electric Submarines.

We need some key reforms which centralise the approach or atleast make a body which looks on these projects on the behalf of the centre to help projects meet timelines, because as many DRDO scientists and even many bureaucrats have said, “We struggle not due to lack of technology but due to inefficient Bureaucracy”.

India struggles significantly with less complex conventional diesel-electric submarines (SSKs), as exemplified by Project 75 (P-75), initiated in 2007 to build six Scorpene-class SSKs with air-independent propulsion (AIP) and land-attack capabilities at Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited (MDL) in collaboration with France’s Naval Group. Despite being conceptually simpler than nuclear submarines, P-75 faced protracted delays, with the lead boat INS Kalvari commissioned only in 2017—well beyond the original 2017 completion target—and the program stretching into 2025, leaving the Navy with critically low submarine numbers as ageing Sindhughosh-class vessels approach 40-45 years of service.

I suggest that there should be body which checks developmental targets of all the projects. The goverenment should be able to appoint a specific development of a programme or its acquisition as “Project of Importance”. This body would keep and eye on the project growth, wheather it is achieving timelines or not and it will submit a bi-annual report to the goverenment. If slacking, this body will have the power to investigate and suggest possible solutions.

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Jai Hind.