🇵🇰-Navy First Hangor Class Submarine Launched in China (2 Viewers)

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Launching ceremony of Hangor-class submarine held in China

Naval chief says submarine will play pivotal role in maintaining peace and stability in region

News Desk
April 26, 2024

The launching ceremony of the first Hangor-class submarine constructed for the Pakistan Navy took place in China's Wuhan. The navy said in a statement.

It said that the Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral Naveed Ashraf graced the occasion as the chief guest. While addressing the ceremony he highlighted the importance of maritime security under the prevailing geo-strategic environment in the region and commitment of Pakistan Navy to contribute to ensuring safe and conducive maritime environment for all.

He added that Hangor-class submarines with state-of-the-art weapons and sensors will play a pivotal role in maintaining peace and stability in the region.

While acknowledging the tireless efforts of China Shipbuilding and Offshore International Company Ltd (CSOC), he expressed satisfaction with the project's progress. He also highlighted that the project will surely add a new dimension to the ever-tested Pakistan-China friendship.

The statement said that the government of Pakistan signed a deal with CSOC of China for acquisition of eight Hangor-class submarines during the visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping to Pakistan.

 

[Muji.Iqbal]

We should do more joint ventures with the Chinese in our Navy.

Our Navy needs improvement. It should be on par with our army and air force in quality.

We should get nuclear attack submarines as well.

 

[Muji.Iqbal]

We should get nuclear attack submarines as well.

Launching ceremony of Hangor-class submarine held in China

Naval chief says submarine will play pivotal role in maintaining peace and stability in region

News Desk
April 26, 2024

The launching ceremony of the first Hangor-class submarine constructed for the Pakistan Navy took place in China's Wuhan. The navy said in a statement.

It said that the Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral Naveed Ashraf graced the occasion as the chief guest. While addressing the ceremony he highlighted the importance of maritime security under the prevailing geo-strategic environment in the region and commitment of Pakistan Navy to contribute to ensuring safe and conducive maritime environment for all.

He added that Hangor-class submarines with state-of-the-art weapons and sensors will play a pivotal role in maintaining peace and stability in the region.

While acknowledging the tireless efforts of China Shipbuilding and Offshore International Company Ltd (CSOC), he expressed satisfaction with the project's progress. He also highlighted that the project will surely add a new dimension to the ever-tested Pakistan-China friendship.

The statement said that the government of Pakistan signed a deal with CSOC of China for acquisition of eight Hangor-class submarines during the visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping to Pakistan.

Yes this is very big news.

Pakistan is getting Type 039B attack submarine or the Yuan class submarines from China.

Also with Transfer of Technology. So this is a great boost to our navy. Insh'Allah.

We have purchased 8 Type 039B submarines from China.

4 of the attack submarines will be built in Pakistan

 

[ghazi]

Type-39B has elongated hull with Long teardrop shape design suitable for Oceanic combat
Local construction of last 4 hulls at KSEW dry dock will last 2028-29
German MTU396 engine replaced with CHD-620 & 320 kW Stirling-AIP tech is different from French MESMA on PN's Agosta-90B

 

[ghazi]

Hangor class modified Type-039B Weapons & Sensors integration process would take approx one year Mid 2025 ;
Second Sub platform launch expected within next quarter.

 

[PakistanProud]

ISLAMABAD — The first of eight Hangor II submarines for Pakistan was recently launched at the Wuchang Shipbuilding yard in Wuhan, China, though it's uncertain what could be powering the boat given Germany's block on an engine export.

The initial Hangor II delivery timetable would have seen the four Chinese-built submarines delivered by 2023. But Germany had refused to approve export licenses for the MTU 396 diesel engine, which the submarine was designed to use.

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The German government had also declined to grant export licenses for its engines in regard to Thailand's order of the S-26T, a variant of the Chinese Type 039B submarine. The Thai deal eventually fell through.

Neither Germany nor Pakistan have confirmed whether export clearance was ultimately approved or denied.

The Pakistan Navy did not respond to Defense News' inquiry about whether Pakistan had accepted China's alternative proposal, which would see the locally made CHD620 engine power the Hangor II.

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Still, Pakistan's naval chief, Adm. Naveed Ashraf, attended the April 26 launch ceremony and "expressed satisfaction on the project progress," according to a Navy news release.

The service is undergoing comprehensive modernization, having also acquired four Chinese-built Type 054A/P frigates — the most powerful and capable surface combatants it has ever operated.

But it's the Hangor II submarines that will provide the Navy with a significant leap in capability, according to Tom Waldwyn, a naval analyst at the London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies think tank.

"In terms of undersea capability, the eventual inclusion of eight Hangor-class submarines, based on China's Type 039A/B Yuan-class boats, will enlarge the fleet and be a significant capability improvement, particularly if they are fitted with long-range cruise missiles," Waldwyn told Defense News.

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"Pakistan has reportedly tested sub-launched, nuclear-capable cruise missiles, and the introduction of these into service would be far more significant to the strategic balance than a handful of new frigates," he added.

Waldwyn was unsure where Pakistan may have landed in regard to the engine. But another expert told Defense News that the Chinese alternative might negatively impact the operational effectiveness of the submarines.

Former U.S. Navy submariner Aaron Amick, who runs the website Sub Brief, said while China's exportation of "unlicensed copies of naval technology has come to be expected," it's not necessarily a bargain. Though the Chinese engine is essentially a copy of Germany's MTU 396, he added, it is made with "inferior cast and shaped materials, assembled with inconsistent quality control standards, and works great for a short period of time, then requires near continuous repair after a few hundred hours of operation."

Pakistani naval officials had previously told Defense News the Hangor II is a Pakistan-specific variant of the Type 039B. It is equipped with a Stirling air-independent propulsion system to increase underwater endurance. It also features a Pakistani combat management system, a towed array sonar and weaponry.

 

[Muji.Iqbal]

Thats bad news. Perhaps Pakistan, Turkey, and China we can make our own diesel engine for the Yuan class Type 039B submarines

 

[ghazi]

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🇵🇰-Navy - First Hangor Class Submarine Launched in China

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[Lulldapull]

Whatever people calling this type 039 as a reverse engineered Kilo class, I’d much rather have these boats than not. Our Agosta’s are at the end of their useful lives and must be replaced. Karachi shipyard has a lot of talent and any sensor fits on a kilo hull will result in a useful class of boats. Kilo class is a proven design. The first thing the IN would attempt is to box the PN in like it did in 1971. These 039’s will be the vanguard of fighting back.