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We will then be dependent of Germany for maintenence and parts supply of our subs, and being dependent of a hard-core leftist country whoes politicians hate us for being right wing is not a good idea, currently Germany is in bad state and will willingly help us, but once they recover they will go back to their usual antics.
Simplistic reading of the situation, we have got more ungli from them during the """centre-right""" hag (((Merkel)))'s tenure than during Scholz, who has given a "special status" in regards to arms imports recently mostly due to their economic issues.
Secondly we have a class of German subs called Shishumar from the 80s, these have not faced any drama regarding spares supply and all afaik and in 2023 and 2024 are slated to undergo MLUs by ThyssenKrupp, same vendor hawking the new subs for Project 75i contract.
They are not as hassle free as say France but they are not fully retarded either, and each year India's economic heft increases, their retardation viz us should decrease.
The carrot of (((follow on orders))) can also be dangled infront of them to get good behaviors like we are buying additional 3 scorpene subs from the French.