Pakistan Navy

Defence Uncut | The Pakistan Navy is a Silent Success Story With Big Ambitions

In a new episode of Defence Uncut, we delve into a series of significant regional and domestic developments, including the Israel-Iran Conflict, Pakistan's 20% defence budget increase, and a potential deal between Indonesia and Turkey for 40 KAAN fighters. …

Hangor-Class (S26) Submarine Program

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The Pakistan Navy has eight Hangor submarines on order from China. The first four will be inducted in 2022-2023, and the last four by 2028.

Pakistan Navy Chief: Hangor Submarines “Coming Very Soon” Quwa Premium

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The Pakistan Navy (PN) Chief of Naval Staff (CNS), Admiral Naveed Ashraf said that the fleet will start getting its new Hangor-class submarines “very soon.”

Photo of a Pakistan Navy Embraer Lineage 1000-E business airliner that will be converted into a Sea Sultan long-range maritime patrol aircraft.

Sea Sultan Long-Range Maritime Patrol Aircraft (LRMPA)

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The Bakhtar Shikan is Pakistan’s indigenously manufactured anti-tank guided missile (ATGM). It is based on the Chinese HJ-8 missile.

Photo of the Pakistan Navy's anti-ship ballistic missile, also known as the SMASH.

SMASH Anti-Ship Ballistic Missile

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The Bakhtar Shikan is Pakistan’s indigenously manufactured anti-tank guided missile (ATGM). It is based on the Chinese HJ-8 missile.

Pakistan Navy Inducts New Ships – PNS Babur and PNS Hunain Quwa Premium

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Pakistan formally inducted two new ships – PNS Babur and PNS Hunain – in a ceremony on 06 September 2024

Pakistan Receives First Yarmook-Class Batch-II OPV (PNS Hunain) Quwa Premium

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Bilal Khan Founder of Quwa, Bilal has been researching Pakistani defence industry and security issues for over 15 years. His work has been cited by Pakistan's National Defence University (NDU), the Council of Foreign Relations, Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, Centre of Airpower…

Pakistan Navy Hints Need for Dedicated Nuclear Asset Quwa Premium

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On a show on Pakistan’s state-owned television network, PTV, two retired Pakistan Navy (PN) officials – Vice Admiral Ahmed Saeed and Rear Admiral Saleem Akhtar – discussed the PN’s ongoing acquisition of Hangor-class (S26) submarines from China. Adm. Saeed…

Industry Brief: Pakistan’s Naval Market (2024) Quwa Premium

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In 2015 the PN initiated a significant program to both modernize and expand its surface and sub-surface fleets . The process started with a contract to acquire eight S26 air-independent propulsion (AIP)-equipped submarines (SSP) from China in 2015. This was followed by…

ATR-72 Maritime Patrol Aircraft (MPA)

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The RAS-72 Sea Eagle is among the Pakistan Navy’s (PN) newer inductions. The RAS-72 is a maritime patrol aircraft (MPA) based on the ATR-72, a commercially available commuter aircraft.