印度海軍潛艇與軍艦下水 防範中國在印度洋的出現

 Recently Yahoo News on-line picked up the following:

India's navy launches submarine, warships to guard against China's presence in Indian Ocean

Rafiq Maqbool And Ashok Sharma

Wed, January 15, 2025 at 2:04 a.m. PST·2 min read

The Associated Press

MUMBAI, India (AP) — India's navy on Wednesday simultaneously launched a submarine, a destroyer and a frigate built at a state-run shipyard, underscoring the importance of protecting the Indian Ocean region through which 95% of the country's trade moves amid a strong Chinese presence.

Defense Minister Rajnath Singh said that the Atlantic Ocean’s importance has shifted to the Indian Ocean region, which is becoming a center of international power rivalry.

“India is giving the biggest importance to making its navy powerful to protect its interests,” he said.

“The commissioning of three major naval combatants marks a significant leap forward in realizing India’s vision of becoming a global leader in defense manufacturing and maritime security,” Prime Minister Narendra Modi said while commissioning the vessels at the state-run Mazagon dockyard in Mumbai.

The situation in the Indian Ocean region is challenging with the Chinese navy, India’s main rival, growing exponentially, said Rahul Bedi, a defense analyst.

Bedi said that the INS Vagsheer submarine, the sixth among a French license-built Kalvari (Scorpene)-class conventional diesel-electric submarines, is aimed at replacing aging Indian underwater platforms and plugging serious capability gaps in existing ones. India now has a total of 16 submarines.

The P75 Scorpene submarine project represents India’s growing expertise in submarine construction in collaboration with the Naval Group of France, Bedi said.

India’s defense ministry is expected to conclude a deal for three additional Scorpene submarines to be built in India during Modi’s likely visit to Paris next month to attend the Artificial Intelligence Action Summit hosted by French President Emmanuel Macron.

However, the first of these boats, according to the Indian navy, is only likely to be commissioned by 2031.

India commissioned its first home-built aircraft carrier in 2022 to counter regional rival China’s much more extensive and growing fleet and expand its indigenous shipbuilding capabilities.

The INS Vikrant, whose name is a Sanskrit word for “powerful” or “courageous,” is India’s second operational aircraft carrier. It joins the Soviet-era INS Vikramaditya, which India purchased from Russia in 2004 to defend the Indian Ocean and Bay of Bengal.

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印度海軍潛艇與軍艦下水 防範中國在印度洋的出現

印度孟買（美聯社）—印度海軍週三同時有一艘潛艇、一艘驅逐艦和一艘護衛艦下水了，這些艦艇均由一家國營造船廠建造。印度95% 的貿易活動都透過印度洋地區進行。在中國強勢出現的背景下，這凸顯了保護該地區地區的重要性。

國防部長拉傑納特辛格表示，大西洋的重要性已經轉移到印度洋地區，該地區正在成為國際力量競爭的中心。

他說：“印度非常重視增強海軍實力以保護本國利益。”

印度總理莫迪在孟買國營馬扎岡造船廠為這些艦艇舉行服役儀式時表示：「三艘主要海軍戰艦的服役標誌著印度在實現成為國防製造業和海上安全全球領導者的願景方面邁出了重大一步。

國防分析師Rahul Bedi表示，印度洋地區的局勢充滿挑戰，印度的主要對手中國海軍實力正在呈指數級增長。

Bedi表示，INS Vagsheer號潛艇是法國授權製造的卡爾瓦里（Scorpene) 級常規柴電潛艇中的第六艘，旨在取代老化的印度水下領域平台，並填補現有平台在能力方面的嚴重缺口。印度目前共擁有16艘潛艇。

Bedi表示，P75 Scorpene潛艇計劃代表了在印度與法國海軍集團合作下, 在潛艇建造方面的專業知識日益增強。

印度國防部預計將在莫迪下個月訪問巴黎參加法國總統馬克龍主持的人工智慧行動高峰會期間，簽署在印度建造另外三艘「Scorpene」級潛艇的協議。

然而，據印度海軍稱，第一艘潛艇可能要到2031年才能服役。

印度於 2022 年有第一艘國產航空母艦服役，以對抗其地區競爭對手中國的更大規模且不斷增長的艦隊，並擴大印度本土造船能力。

INS Vikrant是印度第二艘現役使用的航空母艦，名字在梵語中意為「強大」或「勇敢」。它與從前蘇聯於 2004年購入的 “維克拉瑪蒂亞” 號航空母艦一起，保衛印度洋和孟加拉灣。

              So, India's navy has simultaneously launched a submarine, a destroyer and a frigate built at a state-run shipyard. Furthermore, India’s defense ministry is expected to conclude a deal for three additional submarines to be built in India with the help from French. Apparently, India is beefing up its navy to counter the presence of China in the region.