On Thursday this news crossed the wires.India will get its first Akula class Russian nuclear submarine in 2009, equipping its navy with the quietest and lethal underwater war machine after a gap of 17 years to enhance its blue water capabilities.Factory trials of the multi-role nuclear submarine, christened INS Chakra which India-will get on a 10-year-lease, commenced on June 11 at the Komsomolsk-on-Amur shipyard and will be followed by sea trials, Russian defence sources said, adding it will be delivered by September 2009.
This will allow India to train crews for the new indigenous submarine called the ATV project, a future nuclear ballistic missile submarine India is currently building. It is noteworthy the Akula II was leased to India after all, specifically because there have been rumors that China was looking to lease a few at one time but was never allowed to. That tends to reflect the way Russia sees China vs India, Russia appears to believe China is reproducing Russian equipment in the submarine force and is holding back on exporting its top nuclear submarine technology.
India doesn't have the same reputation, and by following the laws regarding technology they have been able to obtain very high technology from Russia, and soon the United States.
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