{"id":23327,"date":"2025-08-20T18:44:56","date_gmt":"2025-08-20T18:44:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/?p=23327"},"modified":"2025-08-20T18:44:58","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T18:44:58","slug":"china-gifts-another-hangor-submarine-to-pakistan-navy-ahead-of-modi-xi-sco-summit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/?p=23327","title":{"rendered":"China gifts another Hangor submarine to Pakistan Navy ahead of Modi\u2013Xi SCO Summit"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

China has also transferred four advanced naval frigates to Pakistan, underscoring its long-term plan to bolster Islamabad\u2019s maritime strength. These moves are seen as part of Beijing\u2019s effort to expand its naval presence in the Arabian Sea and the Indian Ocean, regions where China is simultaneously developing the Gwadar port in Pakistan\u2019s Balochistan province.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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China<\/a> continues to arm Pakistan<\/a>. Beijing has delivered the third of eight new Hangor-class submarines to Pakistan, just days before Prime Minister Narendra Modi<\/a> and President Xi Jinping<\/a> are scheduled to meet on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit. The development highlights Beijing\u2019s deepening strategic partnership with Islamabad, particularly in the naval domain, at a time of shifting geopolitical alignments in South Asia. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

During Operation Sindoor, China provided Pakistan with live satellite imagery and intelligence regarding Indian defense units. This comes amid Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi\u2019s official visit to India.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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China helps strengthening Pakistan\u2019s naval capabilities<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The launching ceremony for the submarine was held in Wuhan, Hubei province, according to China\u2019s state-run Global Times. This delivery follows the handover of the second Hangor-class submarine in March and forms part of a broader programme to supply Pakistan with eight such vessels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In recent years, China has also transferred four advanced naval frigates to Pakistan, underscoring its long-term plan to bolster Islamabad\u2019s maritime strength. These moves are seen as part of Beijing\u2019s effort to expand its naval presence in the Arabian Sea and the Indian Ocean, regions where China is simultaneously developing the Gwadar port in Pakistan\u2019s Balochistan province.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pakistan\u2019s Deputy Chief of Naval Staff Project-2, Vice Admiral Abdul Samad, declared that the Hangor-class submarine\u2019s \u201ccutting-edge weaponry and advanced sensors\u201d would play a vital role in sustaining regional power equilibrium and ensuring maritime stability, reports PTI.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chinese military experts emphasise that the submarine is equipped with advanced stealth systems, long endurance, and significant firepower, giving Pakistan a notable boost in underwater warfare capabilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

China is Pak\u2019s major defence supplier<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

According to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), China supplied more than 81 per cent of Pakistan\u2019s military hardware in recent years. Major acquisitions include over 600 VT-4 battle tanks, the Rizwan spy ship, and 36 J-10CE fighter jets, alongside the jointly produced JF-17 aircraft. The J-10CEs, delivered in 2022, have already been deployed by Pakistan in conflicts with India.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This dominance underlines how dependent Pakistan has become on Chinese defence technology and weapons systems, even as Islamabad explores closer cooperation with the United States in other spheres.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Minerals, CPEC and competing powers<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The timing of the submarine delivery is also significant, coming as Washington seeks greater access to Pakistan\u2019s critical mineral resources, some located in the troubled Balochistan region. Rare earths and other critical minerals are now central to global power competition. China continues to dominate production and refining, but its recent export restrictions to the United States have shaken supply chains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pakistan has promised economic cooperation with Washington but remains firmly tied to Beijing through the China\u2013Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), a flagship Belt and Road Initiative project. The corridor, which passes through Balochistan and links Gwadar Port to western China, represents one of Beijing\u2019s most important overseas investments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to experts, by delivering the submarine now, Beijing appears intent on reinforcing its hold over Pakistan, ensuring that Islamabad remains aligned with Chinese strategic interests despite overtures from the United States. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reference Link:-https:\/\/www.financialexpress.com\/world-news\/china-gifts-another-hangor-submarine-to-pakistan-navy-ahead-of-modixi-sco-summit\/3950688\/<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

China has also transferred four advanced naval frigates to Pakistan, underscoring its long-term plan to bolster Islamabad\u2019s maritime strength. These moves are seen as part of Beijing\u2019s effort to expand its naval presence in the Arabian Sea and the Indian Ocean, regions where China is simultaneously developing the Gwadar port in Pakistan\u2019s Balochistan province. China continues […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":23328,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2],"tags":[29,22945,22947,132,105,22944,3274,22946],"class_list":["post-23327","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sample-category","tag-china","tag-china-gifted-submarine","tag-china-gifts-another-hangor-submarine-to-pakistan-navy-ahead-of-modi-xi-sco-summit","tag-economy","tag-geopolitics-2","tag-hangor-submarine","tag-pakistan-navy","tag-pakistan-china-cooperation"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23327","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=23327"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23327\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23329,"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23327\/revisions\/23329"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/23328"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23327"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=23327"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=23327"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}