India, Germany set to ink pact for 6 stealth submarines today

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A German submarine maker and Indian public sector company Mazagon Dock Limited (MDL) are set to join hands for manufacturing six next-generation stealth conventional submarines at a cost of $5.8 billion (Rs 42,000 crore)...

I think we should and we can and we ought to do more in that region (Indo-Pacific) in a partnership with India..

Pistorius, who arrived in Delhi on Monday, held a bilateral meeting with Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday..

The Indian defence industry can participate in supply chains of the German defence industry share strengths of skilled workforce and competitive costs from India while technologies and investment could come from Germany, the MoD said.. India and Germany have a strategic partnership since 2000..

In late 1980s, India had sourced four submarines from Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft (HDW) of Germany..

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