Pakistan’s First Chinese Submarine Set to Boost Naval Capability

Pakistan’s first Chinese submarine set to boost naval capability

NEW DELHI — Pakistan has commissioned the first of eight advanced Chinese submarines, marking a significant step in strengthening its maritime capabilities and deepening defense cooperation with its close ally Beijing.A ceremony to commission the attack submarine called Hangor was held in the Chinese city of Sanya on April 30 in the presence of Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari and navy chief Naveed Ashraf as well as senior Chinese military o…

Pakistan Navy commissions its first Hangor-class submarine built by China

Pakistan Navy officially commissioned its first Hangor-class submarine, Pakistan Naval Ship/Markab (PNS/M) Hangor, with a ceremony in Sanya, a southern Chinese port city, on 30 April. In the presence of the Pakistani President, Asif Ali Zardari, flanked by the country’s navy chief, Admiral Naveed Ashraf and senior military representatives from both Islamabad and Beijing, the submarine is the first delivery of the eight-submarine deal signed in 2…