The Indians have a Russian Akula II SSN, the Chakra, and are buying a second. They also just launched and trialed their first, indigenous SSBN, and will soon launch their second.
This level of growth by India is not to contain Pakistan...they were already more than capable of doing that. This is clearly, and directly a response to the vast increase and growth of the Chinese Navy.
India could be a very critical part of our pwn China strategy as we are natural allies in that containment.
I was pondering that idea after I posted...something that Obama and other leftest here in the US want to do - to shift the responsibility over to countries like India - so the US, British, or French Navies don’t have to get involved...i wonder if Japan will start resizing or be allowed to re-size - Taiwan has been - and now begins a whole new era of rising sea powers....with trade as it is coming from the Asia arena - seas will become an economic hotbed of activity...it already is now!