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ThyssenKrupp Marine: Billion dollar orders for submarines in India and Canada!
ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems secures billion-dollar contracts for submarines in India and Canada and strengthens Germany's defense industry.
ThyssenKrupp Marine: Billion dollar orders for submarines in India and Canada!
A lot of exciting things are happening in the German defense industry - and specifically with ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems (TKMS). Diese hat gleich zwei Großaufträge in Aussicht, die nicht nur die hiesige Wirtschaft ankurbeln, sondern auch auf internationaler Ebene für Furore sorgen. TKMS will negotiate with the Indian Ministry of Defense for the delivery of six state-of-the-art Class 214 submarines. The project, which goes by the name Project 75, has a whopping contract value of around 7.2 billion euros. Dabei wird TKMS eng mit dem indischen Partner Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders zusammenarbeiten, was die wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit zwischen Deutschland und Indien weiter festigt. Merkur berichtet sogar, dass dieses Joint Venture das einzige war, das die anspruchsvollen Feldversuche der indischen Marine bestanden hat.
Hintergrund dieser Entwicklung ist das Bestreben Indiens, seine Marine angesichts einer wachsenden chinesischen Präsenz im Indischen Ozean auszubauen. Mit der Schaffung dieser U-Boote wird nicht nur die militärische Kapabilität des Landes gestärkt, sondern auch ein Schritt in Richtung größerer Unabhängigkeit von russischen Waffensystemen unternommen. After all, India has sourced a large portion of its arms imports from Russia in recent years. Dennoch bleiben Zweifel, wie stark diese Unabhängigkeit tatsächlich ausgeprägt sein wird, wie etwa der indische Verteidigungsminister äußerte. DW fügt hinzu dass die indische Marine bereits sechs französische Scorpène-U-Boote erworben hat, was für die Vielgestaltigkeit ihrer Flotte spricht.
Canada and maritime cooperation
But it's not just India that has its eye on TKMS submarines. Canada has selected TKMS as one of only two “qualified suppliers” for its Canadian Patrol Submarine Project (CPSP). The North American country is planning to purchase up to twelve modern, diesel-electric submarines to replace the aging Victoria-class submarines. This corresponds to a contract value of up to 16 billion euros. The reasons for this decision lie in the reliability of the construction and delivery times as well as the technical requirements that TKMS can meet. Merkur adds that Canada would like to strengthen its maritime activities in the Atlantic, Pacific and Arctic.
In addition, according to Defense Minister Boris Pistorius, Germany will increasingly rely on arms cooperation in the future in order not only to exploit national strengths, but also to make an international contribution to security. The newly founded submarine repair center in Norway represents these efforts and falls under the German-Norwegian submarine program, which is considered groundbreaking. [Tagesschau informs](https://www.tagesschau.de/inland/innenpolitik/deutschland-ruestung- defensespolitik-100.html) that the cooperation goes beyond the construction and also includes the use and maintenance of the submarines.
Despite the promising developments, there are challenges in the European arms market. Many countries act largely independently in matters of arms policy, which cannot easily continue in times of closer cooperation such as in NATO. But the omens are good: with expanded arms cooperation, the capabilities and resources of the member states could optimally mesh and strengthen each other.