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PN should stop comparing itself with IN. Both have different roles. What PN needs to specify is its war time role and the assets it requires to achieve them. If there only role is protection of High Value Target from Strait of Hormuz to Karachi then in Pro-Active Environment they are getting...
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We would be engaging the target using standoff weapons. Raad has a range of 350 Km. Without aircover those large protecting vessels would go down first. You would have to keep the carrier much further away.
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