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Defence Modernisation: India To Procure New Warships As It Targets Blue Water Naval Presence
Indian naval sailors on a rubber inflatable boat pass naval warships at the Naval Dockyard in Mumbai. Photo credit: INDRANIL MUKHERJEE/AFP/GettyImages
The Indian Navy has issued a request for information (RFI) to support a planned new corvette programme as it intends to procure seven to 10 next-generation corvettes (NGCs) class of ships from Indian shipyards.
According to the RFI document, these NGCs will be capable of anti-submarine warfare operations, local naval defence, maritime interdiction operations, offensive surface-surface missile (SSM) attack and visit, board, search and seizure operations. The ship should carry a minimum of eight SSMs. The new corvettes will also sport a gun with a stealth feature having range not less than 15 km. The ship will also be fitted with a combat management system to facilitate a quick response for operations at sea.
The programme can be seen as an effort to tackle the chronic shortage of warships. The Indian Navy, which looks at the Indian Ocean as the primary area of influence and is designated to play the most prominent role in securing the region and acting as a net security provider, needs to have at least 212 warships against the currently operational fleet of just 139.
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