India has paid $650 million for acquisition of a Russian Nuclear Sub. The submarine in question, an Akula-II class 12000 ton attack machine has undergone repairs and refit at the Russian shipyards at a cost of $60 million after having been involved in a accident at sea wherein 20 of the crew were killed in a gas leak accident. The magnitude of repair spending indicates the the extent of fault which resulted in accident. The sub after repairs will be handed over to Russian Navy for leasing out to India. It is worth while noting down that the Russian Naval equipment and even aircraft are notorious for their being accident prone and require much higher and expensive levels of maintenance. The equipment has relatively shorter life span and lack multi dimensional operational profiles.
We are waiting for junked bath tub Groshkov to join the fleet. One can only speculate the usefulness of this junk collection exercise that too at great expense to the Indian tax payer. The reluctance of the beurocrates and the Govt to go for superior technology is is not fathomable. It is far better to keep the force leaner but muscular and agile than maintain a outdated and antiquated war regime. We are not going to fight future wars inside the museums.
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