Pakistan To Buy Eight Chinese Attack Submarines:\u00a0Pakistan will acquire at least eight modified diesel-electric attack submarines from China by 2028 in a nearly USD 5 billion agreement, said to be the biggest arms export deal for the Communist giant.<\/p>\n
The head of Pakistan’s next-generation submarine programme and senior naval officials briefed the members of the National Assembly’s Standing Committee on Defence on 26 August regarding the deal worth approximately USD 4 to 5 billion, according to state-run media.<\/p>\n
The statement made by naval officials to the committee members showed that the programme of next generation submarines was moving ahead, Radio Pakistan reported.<\/p>\n
In April, a senior Pakistan Navy official had announced that Karachi Shipyard and Engineering Works (KSEW)<\/strong> had secured a contract to produce four of the eight submarines, which will be fitted with air-independent propulsion (AIP)<\/strong> systems.<\/p>\n