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Pakistan Navy Submarine Force to Equal the Indian Navy’s in Numbers with Purchase of 8 Chinese Subs

Secondly PN must beef up its air arm. In any future confrontation with eastern neighbors our air arm must be able to deal with anything IN's aircraft carriers throw at us in addition to their other airbourne assets.
Indeed PN must establish its airarm now. They must go for platforms like F/A-18, if US approves the sales or else look into Chinese and Russian options like J-11d or Su-34.
 
HOW ?

Pakistan currently has

3 Augasta 90 Subs
2 Augusta 70 subs.


India currently has

9 Kilo Class subs
4 HDW subs
1 Akula class SSN
1 Arihant class SSBN.

In the pipeline for Pakistan

8 Chinese Yuan class SSKs to delivered by 2028

In the pipeline for India

6 Scorpene SSKs Class to delivered by 2022.
6 P-75 SSKs to delivered by 2030.
3 more expanded Arihant class SSBNs under construction in Vizag
1 Akula class SSN under construction in Russia (deal signed in Goa)
5 Indigenous SSNs based on Arihant design.
apart from scorpian i highly doubt any thing else is going to come till 2030 in attack submarine catergery
for SSBN indian might get 1-2 but may return akhula class back till 2030

india might will probably retire the some HDW and some kilo class, as your own words"they would be metal rust bucket" as they will 40+ years old by 2030
so unless india gets its house in order and accelrate procurement process it might end up with around 10-15 subs vs 11 subs in PN
i am optimistic that india will procure more and delay current retirement plans to keep around 15 subs
 
HOW ?

Pakistan currently has

3 Augasta 90 Subs
2 Augusta 70 subs.


India currently has

9 Kilo Class subs
4 HDW subs
1 Akula class SSN
1 Arihant class SSBN.

In the pipeline for Pakistan

8 Chinese Yuan class SSKs to delivered by 2028

In the pipeline for India

6 Scorpene SSKs Class to delivered by 2022.
6 P-75 SSKs to delivered by 2030.
3 more expanded Arihant class SSBNs under construction in Vizag
1 Akula class SSN under construction in Russia (deal signed in Goa)
5 Indigenous SSNs based on Arihant design.

Don't forget to taken into account that India subs could sink while it's docked.
 
At the moment PN must concentrate that they get the 8 subs on time and with as many as possible produced indigenously. Pak must take this opportunity and try to turn it into another JF-17 thunder like project which can act as a launching pad for our future indigenous projects. We have previously built the last Augosta 90 in Pakistan so its not like that we lack the capability.

Secondly PN must beef up its air arm. In any future confrontation with eastern neighbors our air arm must be able to deal with anything IN's aircraft carriers throw at us in addition to their other airbourne assets.
This time it will be better with the Chinese, since they will provide Pakistan with much ToT unlike France who won't give the MESMA technology.. Hence, in the future Pakistan will be able to build its own SSK, if not any kind of submarines, since the Chinese ToT will be of the most advanced in its kind in the world. it is like getting to know how to build the German type 214 or better, it is a huge leap from the Agosta..

2028 is 12 years away
4 by 2022 and the 8th by 2028
 
Yes but only when India wouldn't induct any new submarine in these years. I am sure India would induct 12-15 submarines by then which are in pipeline.
 
Indeed PN must establish its airarm now. They must go for platforms like F/A-18, if US approves the sales or else look into Chinese and Russian options like J-11d or Su-34.
Yes they should but at the moment they seemed to be satisfied with the Mirage Vs and JF-17 they have. However if you see the adversary unfortunately our naval air arm wont stand a chance against theirs keeping in mind our coastal areas have minimal air defence.
 

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