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Interesting, Saudi Navy operates very different equipment to Pak Navy so interesting to see what the expert level meetings are about. My guess, and going off the back of mass training of Saudi cadets at PNA, would be Pak may be helping them set up a submarine arm
 
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Pakistan receives second modernised Khalid-class submarine​

by Ridzwan Rahmat


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A file image of PNS Saad , one of the Pakistan Navy's three Khalid-class submarines. The service recently took delivery of another modernised boat, PNS Khalid , from STM. Another vessel, PNS Hamza , completed its modernisation programme with STM in 2021. (Naval Group)
The Pakistan Navy has received its second modernised Khalid (Agosta 90B)-class diesel-electric submarine (SSK) from Turkish company STM.
The vessel, PNS Khalid , was handed over to the service with a new suite of sonars, periscopes, and command-and-control systems, STM disclosed via a media statement on 25 January.
The Pakistan Navy operates a fleet of three Khalid-class SSKs that were commissioned between September 1999 and September 2008.
First-of-class Khalid was built by Naval Group (then known as DCN) in Cherbourg, France. The second and third vessels, PNS Saad and PNS Hamza , were constructed by Karachi Shipyard and Engineering Works (KSEW) under a technology transfer arrangement.
The Khalid class has a top speed of 20 kt when dived, and 12 kt when surfaced. When snorting, the vessel can achieve a maximum range of about 8,500 n miles at the cruising speed of 9 kt.
Two vessels in the class are equipped with air-independent propulsion (AIP) capabilities. Hamza was fitted with a 200 kW MESMA liquid oxygen AIP system from the time it was constructed, while Saad was retrofitted with the system between 2012 and 2014.
In terms of weapons, all three submarines are equipped with four 533 mm tubes each. Besides torpedoes, these tubes can deploy the Exocet SM39 surface-to-surface missile, as well as explosives such as the Stonefish Mk III naval influence mine from BAE Systems..
 
Very small assets , did not had to use "Breaking" word in bold
These are just used by Coast Guards or Police


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Nice addition no doubt but such boats are better off with Coast Guard segment
 
any plans for type 75 troop carriers, nuke sub and aircraft carrier ?
 
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maverick said:
any plans for type 75 troop carriers, nuke sub and aircraft carrier ?
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need to have type75 for Pakistan Marines to be deployed on international missions, should have atleast 2 brigades, 8 battalions, 8,000 troops for bridge heads and securing coastal areas to have army deployed eventually.
 
maverick said:
need to have type75 for Pakistan Marines to be deployed on international missions, should have atleast 2 brigades, 8 battalions, 8,000 troops for bridge heads and securing coastal areas to have army deployed eventually.
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Namaz e Shauq tu wajub hai - be wudu hee sahi
 
Oscar said:
Namaz e Shauq tu wajub hai - be wudu hee sahi
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lol and what happened to nuke submarine which was under construction for the last 10 years or was announced
 
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