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5 hours ago Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: China is to build in Karachi four out of eight submarines it is selling to Pakistan.
During the inaugural ceremony of Defence Export Promotion Organziation (DEPO), Minister for Defence Production Rana Tanveer Hussain told that the deal for the acquisition of eight submarines has been finalized and four of them will be built here.
He said construction of Submarines will simultaneously begin in Pakistan and China.
The motive of this exercise is to transfer the technology to Pakistan.
Mr Hussain did not specify when the construction would begin, but said it would be happening soon. A training centre would be set up in Karachi for this purpose.
The minister did not either say which type of submarines were being purchased from China. It is, however, speculated that the deal was for Yuan-class Type-041 diesel-electric submarines equipped with AIP systems.
Pakistan had earlier explored the options of buying submarines from France and Germany, but those deals did not materialise.
ISLAMABAD: China is to build in Karachi four out of eight submarines it is selling to Pakistan.
During the inaugural ceremony of Defence Export Promotion Organziation (DEPO), Minister for Defence Production Rana Tanveer Hussain told that the deal for the acquisition of eight submarines has been finalized and four of them will be built here.
He said construction of Submarines will simultaneously begin in Pakistan and China.
The motive of this exercise is to transfer the technology to Pakistan.
Mr Hussain did not specify when the construction would begin, but said it would be happening soon. A training centre would be set up in Karachi for this purpose.
The minister did not either say which type of submarines were being purchased from China. It is, however, speculated that the deal was for Yuan-class Type-041 diesel-electric submarines equipped with AIP systems.
Pakistan had earlier explored the options of buying submarines from France and Germany, but those deals did not materialise.