If the MOD and GOI co-operate and give all the necessary assistance and resources to make the IN a formidable naval power then its hostile neighbours would not embark on any misadventures.

The IN submarine fleet does not even come close to match the PLAN’s conventional fleet in the number of vessels. The Chinese have already mastered the development and construction of nuclear power plants for their nuclear submarines whereas India has yet to induct its ATV. Even with the induction of the ATV and the lease of the Russian Aqula, the IN would still be a long way to achieve a credible deterrent.

The almost secret construction of a dedicated facility for submarines in the Hainan Island is not just a cause for worry. India should take cognizance of the threat it would pose in the Indian Ocean region.

India should fast track its shipbuilding infrastructure, especially the nuclear submarine programme and the relevant secure naval facilities for them.

To procrastinate would be at its own peril. This world has stopped empathising with the oppressed and the inevitable losers.

It only understands OVERWHELMING MIGHT.