20 March 2012

News Story: Delivery of Scorpene submarines delayed: Govt of India


NEW DELHI (PTI): The delivery of the six Scorpene submarines, which are being constructed at the Mazagon Dock Limited, Mumbai, has been revised and the first vessel will be ready by June 2015, the government of India told the Lok Sabha on Monday.

In a written reply on delivery of the submarines being constructed under Project-75, Defence Minister A K Antony said, "The delivery schedule of the first submarine has been revised to June 2015 and that of the last submarine to September 2018." 

The original delivery schedule of the first submarine was December 2012 and remaining were to be delivered with a gap of one year each.

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