印度加速實施潛艇現代化計劃

India is moving ahead with efforts to modernize its submarine fleet amid concerns over China's growing naval presence in the Indian Ocean.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government accelerated the bidding process for six new diesel-electric submarines. These are in addition to six similar submarines under construction by a French company in Mumbai.

The push comes just months after a stand-off along the disputed border dividing India and China in the Himalayas, and as Chinese submarines have docked in Sri Lanka, the island nation off India's southern coast.

India told Sri Lanka that the Chinese presence there was unacceptable to New Delhi.

Beijing insisted the submarines were on refueling stops during anti piracy missions in the Indian Ocean and Gulf of Aden. This did not allay concerns in New Delhi.由於擔憂中國海軍在印度洋擴展勢力，印度正在努力推動本國潛艇現代化進程。

印度總理莫迪的政府加快了六艘新柴電動力潛艇的競標進程。此外，一家法國公司正在孟買建造六艘類似的潛艇。

數月前，印度和中國在喜馬拉雅地區有爭議的邊界一帶發生對峙，同時中國潛艇在斯里蘭卡停泊。島國斯里蘭卡與印度南部海岸隔海相望。

印度向斯里蘭卡表示，無法接受中國海軍的存在。

中國堅持說，潛艇是在印度洋和亞丁灣執行打擊海盜任務時停泊加油，但這種說法並未減輕印度方面的憂慮。