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New Delhi: The Indian Navy has started work on building the next generation of more advanced and capable destroyers, and plans for these vessels are already on the drawing board, Vice Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Sanjay Jasjit Singh said Friday...
Singh added: So, we are fairly confident that we will be able to get in the entire range of the next-generation destroyers, which will be pitched approximately at 10,000 tonnage, multi-role with absolute state-of-the-art (and) absolutely indigenous combat capability...
Talking about the capability of Indian shipyards, Admiral Kumar said that over a period of time, Indian shipyards have built a capacity and capability to build ships of different types...
According to the Navy Chief, Indian shipbuilding has developed drastically and it is now almost of contemporary world standards, in terms of building complex destroyers and modern-generation destroyers...
We feel that with new programmes like P75-India, where we are looking at strategic partnerships with the Indian companies, we will be able to design, develop and produce our own submarines, ships and aircraft, he added...
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