印度海军的扩充计划正引起某些美国政府分析家的注意。他们怀疑,美国海军计划的兵力能否保持美国在波斯湾和阿拉伯海的影响。另一方面,美国和北约的分析家也怀疑,印度是否有实现包括建造新级核潜艇和常规潜艇、航空母舰、驱逐舰,以及护卫舰这些现代化计划的能力。在这些现代化计划中,最先进的是核潜艇。虽然从1988年至1991年,印度租借了前苏联的 K 级 The Indian Navy's expansion plan is drawing the attention of some U.S. government analysts. They doubt whether the strength of the U.S. Navy's plan can sustain the U.S. influence in the Persian Gulf and the Arabian Sea. On the other hand, analysts in the United States and NATO also question whether India is capable of realizing these modernization plans, including the construction of new-class nuclear submarines and conventional submarines, aircraft carriers, destroyers and frigates. Among these modernization plans, the most advanced are nuclear submarines. Although from 1988 to 1991, India leased the K of the former Soviet Union