Scorpene (India)
>>Albacore Hull Design
>>Greater Diving Depth 300+ meter
>>Endurance of 55+ days
>>AIP (Indians prefer the German Fuel Cell instead of the untested Mesma)
>> The vessel’s sonar suite includes a long range passive cylindrical array, an intercept sonar, active sonar, distributed array, flank array, a high resolution sonar for mine and obstacle avoidance and a towed array.
>> Wepons include various French Torpedoes , Exocet Block 3 (180 Km).The Chilien rejected the Type-209 (1400) the Dolphin class what the Israel have and planning to have 2 more ,in favour of Scorpene ,coz the latter had ,Better Silencing, Greater endurance , better torpedo handling and reload capabilities and increased diving depth.
AFAIK the israeli Dolphin class is a somewhat “special” design outside the lineage of the U209. It, reportedly, has some pretty advanced electronics.
BTW the Portuguese Navy chose the U209PN ( which in reality seems to be a U214, but with better ocean going capabilities) against the Scorpene. 2 subs with an option for another one.
Here’s a little pic ( it sure looks like a U214!)
@Srbin: the whole deal, including weapons, tech support and all the usual stuff, will cost about 1000 million euros. The Scorpene offer was also very close ( but I think a little more expensive).
Pricey…
Regards
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