Areesh
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as I learnt before that Ministry of Defense Production of Pakistan ordered shipborne launching systems development & manufacturing, this may be the issue for long time duration for these 8Chinese subs.
Pakistan may be integrating its 2nd strike capability with conventional subs. 4 of these subs could be with 6-8 vertical launchers with for the Babur crusie missiles as Chinese defense research institutes made progress on this sector
There are a lot of things that are happening right now. We might be developing different systems for these submarines. We might also be working with China to customize these submarines as per our requirements. Then we are also working to construct more ships. There are Azmat class FAC that are being constructed at Karachi shypyard right now. Then we have plans of buying ADA class corvette/Istanbul class frigate from Turkey which might also be constructed at Karachi shipyard.
So keeping in mind all these projects, this is a fine timeline for 8 submarines. This is the biggest ever project for PN. People think building submarine and inducting them is something very easy and simple.