Torpedo deal scrapped |
India will finally induct its first new conventional submarine in 16 years, INS Kalvari , by this year-end. But it will be a metal shark without proper teeth. The government has now scrapped the long-pending Rs 1,200 crore proposal to buy heavy-weight torpedoes from a subsidiary of Italian conglomerate Finmeccanica to arm the six new Scorpene submarines.Sources say defence minister Manohar Parrikar has directed officials to urgently look for "an alternative" to the "Black Shark" torpedoes manufactured by Finmeccanica subsidiary Whitehead Alenia Sistemi Subacquel (WASS).
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