And whats the point subs carrying babur?? Even subs bought from Chinese may won't carry such SLCM.
If we buy 6 more then they definitely will share source codes.
Submarines can launch missiles (and cruise missiles) from their torpedo tubes, Pakistan already had the capability as it's submarines could fire the Exocet while submerged. Agosta 90B and the planned 8 Chinese subs are all equipped with 533mm torpedo tubes that can fire missiles. Infact according to wikipedia the Chinese Yuan class AIP submarines that Pakistan has requested can fire the supersonic YJ-18 anti ship cruise missiles.
For submarine launched ballistic missiles you need dedicated missile submarines with VLS but Pakistan does not intend to follow that path since it doesnt need such long range for it's missiles, all its submarines will be multi role attack submarines.
I suggest you do some research on google.
Even with curvature of earth,they will be detected eventually.After that its easy to shoot down.Even an AAA gun can shoot it down with basic radar support in terminal stage.And something like barak-8 is desigend to kill them.Allow due to risky terrain hugging flight some missiles hit the surface during flight and crash as has happened frequently in afghanistan and syria with tomahawks and those warheads are a waste.Moreover the warhead size will be small.Pakistan has limited number of nuke warheads,thus wasting them on baburs is a luxury.A few can be deployed to stretch indian resources and have an additional option,but they will never be a reliable deterrent because they can be shot down.Ballistic missiles will always be the main deterrent because they can't be shot down with reliability.These are just something complimentary- a sideshow,a stopgap ,something to have better than nothing because PN can't afford a real SSBN.If(or when) PN could afford a real SSBN it wouldn't bother with this.
Then it shouldn't bother you and India can rest assured Babur-3 is not a threat.
Tomahawks had been fired in their hundreds there are bound to be some malfunctions. And what about all the Scud missiles that were intercepted.
If a attack submarine can do the job Pakistan doesnt need to invest in a dedicated nuclear missile submarine. Nuclear submarines have more endurance but AIP equipped submarines are quieter. Pakistan's threat is next door so a nuclear submarine is overkill.
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