Where do we stand today??? We have much higher chance of defending us today then we had in the past. It is not an IDEAL situation...Still you consider India is going to attack Pakistan knowing that it would have to face a Nuclear attack on an Indian city. No doubt Indian Navy is a huge force and is increasing itself by modernization.
Don't you remember what was said by the Chinese President? "A attack on Islamabad would be considered an attack on Beijing."
Lets consider that this is just words and no action would be taken other then some sanctions, more statements of condemnation and UN Security Council session. But that itself would be a defeat for India and a victory of Pakistan.
What is the current speed?
1) Pakistan to raise 12000 marines.
2) 8 Cutters from USA.
3) 4 ATR's
4) 4 F22 Frigates
5) 8 Chinese Subs.
6) 18-36 JF-17's.
7) Azmat Class Current thread.
8) Landing Craft
9) Fleet Tanker
So sorry to hear that you have been waiting for such a long time (rockstar08 Joined: Sep 18, 2013) but PN is doing nothing for you.
stop bringing the nuke , you and i we both know that even in case of War its not easy to push the red Button , Pakistani Army is not crazy ... what i am talking here is conventional war ,
our Navy is been neglected from years , and we cant always say that we have nukes so we dont want any weapon .. if that was the case than we dont need any System , just make more BM and CM's and no more tanks , Attack heli , and other systems ..
now ..
1) Pakistan to Raise 12,000 Marines .. for what ? do you know what marines are for ?? are we going to launch a Invasion in case of war ??
2) 8 Cutters -- nothing but Patrol crafts ..
3) 3 ATR's , did we get them ??
4) 4 F-22p's ? if you are talking about more f-22p's than we are still waiting to sign any deal , and you are talking about those previous , than consider this that we have 4-5 type 21 which is older than 30 years ... once they are retired , we will have a huge gap to fill ..
5) 8 Chinese Subs , still no deal signed yet ...
6) 18-36 Jf-17 when this happen ? yeah i am listening that they order and blah blah ... but truth is that right now PAF is busy in Fulfilling their own requirement ...and Jf-17 for Navy against Mig-29k will be a joke ..we need a heavy Striker like M2k or J-series ..
7) Landing craft , for what ? again useless thing to induct , we have no intention to invade any land or have no Island or Forward bases for reinforcement ...
8) Fleet Tanker ...
yeah i joined this site some 2 and half years ago but i have been reading stuff on PDF from like 2010-2011 , and still heard nothing about things i mentioned .. Babur naval version still in development , 6-8 Chinese subs still no deal signed .
IMO the a CBG is not really the solution for Pakistan right now given the financial constraints, You need anywhere from 12 to 18 billion dollars as CAPEX and another 250 - 400 million USD annually to maintain a CBG. Not sure but that figure would be something like PNs entire operational budget for a year.
when did i say we need a CBG ? did you care to read the post ??
Pakistan is on its way to buy Subs , that is for sure , but its taking time ..
PN need a boost , and quick boost ..
in 2020 , i would want PN to have these ..
12-14 Frigates
6-8 Subs with AIP and able to launch CM's
2-3 Type 54A Destroyers
6-8 Azmat Class FAC
Corvette ..
and at least 2 sqs of J-series