NEW DEHLI: Indian Navy Chief Admiral Dinesh Tripathi has expressed concern over the growing strength of the Pakistan Navy and its collaboration with China.
Speaking at a function, the Indian Navy Chief said that India is fully aware of the ‘astonishing progress’ of the Pakistan Navy, which is trying to increase the capacity of its existing fleet to 50 ships in the coming years.
That is why we are changing our strategy and operational plans to eliminate any possible negative impact on our interests.
China is currently helping the Pakistan Navy build ships and submarines. Vice Admiral (retd) Ahmed Tasneem, who sank the Indian ship INS Khakri as commander of the Pakistani submarine PNS Hangor in 1971, says that the Pakistan Navy’s policy of transferring technology with other countries has proven to be very successful.
Recently, ships built in Turkey and Romania have also been inducted into the navy. Pakistan and China are jointly building 8 submarines.
The BBC has obtained details of the warships, submarines and aircraft available in the navies of both countries from military sources in Pakistan and India.
According to the Indian Navy, they currently have 150 large and small ships, two aircraft carriers, 16 conventional and two nuclear-powered submarines. There are 275 aircraft, helicopters and drones, and 50 ships and submarines are in various stages of construction.
According to military sources in Pakistan, the Pakistan Navy has 45 ships of various types, five submarines, while eight submarines and several warships are still in the process of being built. There are also three fixed-wing aircraft, three rotary-wing aircraft and a squadron of drones.
