{"id":27298,"date":"2025-12-26T06:46:12","date_gmt":"2025-12-26T06:46:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/?p=27298"},"modified":"2025-12-26T06:46:16","modified_gmt":"2025-12-26T06:46:16","slug":"the-wait-is-almost-over-pakistans-newest-chinese-built-submarines-will-soon-join-the-fleet-quwa-premium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/?p=27298","title":{"rendered":"The Wait is Almost Over: Pakistan\u2019s Newest Chinese-Built Submarines Will Soon Join the Fleet\u00a0Quwa Premium"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

On 17 December, the fourth S26\/Type 039B Hangor-class submarine<\/a> (PNS\/M Ghazi) was launched for sea trials, while the second of four MILGEM Babur-class corvettes<\/a> (PNS Khaibar) was commissioned into the Pakistan Navy (PN) fleet on 21 December.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to a press release by the PN\u2019s Director General of Public Relations (DGPR), all four of the Hangor-class submarines built in China are \u201cundergoing rigorous sea trials and are in the final stages of being handed over to Pakistan.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The lead boat (PNS\/M Hangor) was launched for sea trials in April 2024, while the second (PNS\/M Shushuk) and third (PNS\/M Mangro) boats set sail in March and August 2025, respectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The PN Chief of Naval Staff (CNS), Admiral Naveed Ashraf, stated that the Hangor-class submarines will enter service with the PN in 2026. The four Chinese-built boats will join the PN fleet in quick succession or as a batch, thereby giving the sub-surface fleet an immediate capability boost.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The four remaining boats are being built at Karachi Shipyards & Engineering Works (KSEW), with the first entering production in December 2021, and work on the sixth began in February 2025. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pakistan ordered the S26 from China Shipbuilding & Offshore International Co. Ltd (CSOC) in 2015 as part of a multibillion-dollar deal that included technology transfer (ToT) for domestic production.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Initially, all eight boats were scheduled for delivery to the PN by 2028. However, pandemic-related delays and Germany\u2019s refusal to issue export permits for the original MTU diesel engine pushed the procurement program by several years, likely into the early 2030s. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As for the Babur-class corvette program, Pakistan ordered the ships from ASFAT A.S. in 2018 under a USD $1.5 billion deal, under which two of the four boats would be built locally by KSEW. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The lead ship (PNS Babur) was commissioned into the PN fleet in September 2024. While it has taken 15-16 months for the second ship to join the PN fleet, the other two \u2013 i.e., the ships built under license at KSEW \u2013 are undergoing sea trials. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The follow-on program to the Babur-class corvette \u2013 i.e., the Jinnah-class frigate<\/a> \u2013 has also commenced with the PN signing a contract with KSEW to build the first vessel in November 2025<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Overall, the PN\u2019s existing procurement pipeline appears to be on track, albeit slower than planned. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reference Link:- https:\/\/quwa.org\/pakistan-navy-news\/the-wait-is-almost-over-pakistans-newest-chinese-built-submarines-will-soon-join-the-fleet-12-25-2025\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On 17 December, the fourth S26\/Type 039B Hangor-class submarine (PNS\/M Ghazi) was launched for sea trials, while the second of four MILGEM Babur-class corvettes (PNS Khaibar) was commissioned into the Pakistan Navy (PN) fleet on 21 December. According to a press release by the PN\u2019s Director General of Public Relations (DGPR), all four of the Hangor-class submarines built in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":27299,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"aside","meta":{"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2],"tags":[25644,2307,23759,25643,483,24879,25642],"class_list":["post-27298","post","type-post","status-publish","format-aside","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sample-category","tag-arabian-ocean","tag-china-3","tag-defense-2","tag-newest-chinese-bilt-submarine","tag-pakistan-2","tag-pakistan-navy-3","tag-submarine-2","post_format-post-format-aside"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27298","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=27298"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27298\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27300,"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27298\/revisions\/27300"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/27299"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=27298"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=27298"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=27298"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}