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The Hangor-class submarines are a class of diesel–electric attack submarines currently being manufactured by a joint-partnership of the China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (CSIC) and the Karachi Shipyard & Engineering Works (KSEW) for the Pakistan Navy (PN). [3]
Steel cutting ceremony of the first S26T submarine was held on 4 September 2018 at Wuhan, China. [38] Pakistan Navy: (See Hangor-class submarine.) In April 2015, the Government of Pakistan approved purchase of 8 export version of Type 039B (Upgraded) from China for $5 billion for the Pakistan Navy. The deal was finalised on 23 July 2015.
Eight submarines are on order - with the first four being built in China by the China Shipbuilding Trading Company (CSOC) and the last four being built in Pakistan by the Karachi Shipyard & Engineering Works (KSEW). [7] The first four submarines are expected to be delivered by 2025, while the last four are expected to be delivered by 2028. [8]
In 2011, Pakistan retrofitted the two earlier Agosta-90B submarines with AIP technology during their overhauls. [8] In 2015, Pakistan signed a $5 billion deal with China to acquire eight Type 039 Yuan-class and Type 041 attack submarines. KSEW was set to build four of these submarines in Pakistan, while China the remaining four.
The Pakistan Navy Fleet Tanker Project (PNFT), of which STM, one of Turkey's leading companies in the defence industry, is the prime contractor, joined the Pakistan Navy in 2018. Chinese Type 054A frigates. On 1 June 2018, Pakistan Navy ordered four Type 054As. The ships are expected to enter service by 2021.
The Azmat-class stealth fast attack craft (military designation: Azmat FAC(M)) [3] is a class of missile-bearing fast attack craft, currently in service with the Pakistan Navy. The Azmat-class is based on the Chinese design, Houjian class. The Pakistani Azmat-class is the modernized version according to the requirements of Pakistan Navy. [4]
The Type 091 (NATO reporting name: Han class) is a first-generation nuclear-powered attack submarine produced by China. It was the People Liberation Army Navy's (PLAN) first nuclear submarine, [3] and the first indigenously produced nuclear attack submarine in Asia. [4]
The Pakistan Navy had long evinced interest in purchasing Chinese-origin vessels; the service is known to have operated Chinese-origin naval platform since the 1970s. [16] In 2001, Pakistan purchased the Zulfiquar-class frigates (F-22P) - a series of four frigates based on the design of the Chinese-origin Type 053H3 frigate. [17]