India's new submarines may come without torpedoes
May 25, 2016  08:49
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India will not buy heavyweight torpedoes from Wass -- a subsidiary of Italian company Finmeccanica -- for its Kalvari class submarines in India, sources in the Ministry of Defence said.

As a result, the first of the Kalvari class which is expected to join the Navy end of this year, will not have a torpedo - the main weapon for a submarine -- to fire.
 
The Kalavari class is the Diesel-Electric Scorpene submarines designed by the French naval defence and energy company DCNS. The subs are being made at Mumbai's Mazgaon docks.

The decision to cancel the purchase stems from the order by an Italian court last month, which found irregularities committed by Finmeccanica subsidiary AgustaWestland in the sale of 12 VVIP helicopters to India.

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