Another one was badly damaged in a similiar accident.. wasnt it written off?
Anyways those subs are decades old and diving coffins like Migs and mirages of india and Pak..
On an average Kilo class submarine are just 5 - 7 years older than Augasta 90Bs
10 Kilo class submarines were inducted between 1988 and 2000 where as Pakistan inducted 3 Augasta submarine between 1999 and 2008.
9 Kilo submarines are active right now .
Kilo class submarine have gone through a mid life upgrade, giving them ability to fire 220 Km Club LACM/ASHM.
So they are as much as "diving coffins" as Pakistan's Augasta 90s give or take 5 years.
By Mid of next decade PN SUB fleet will be more like this
8 Chinese Yuan class SSKs with CM VLS
3 Augusta 90B Khalid class Subs
By Mid of next decade IN SUB fleet will be more like this
6 Scorpene SSKs Class
2-3 P-75 SSKs
~3 Arihant class SSBNs
Note: Kilo and HDW will be museum examples by then
all other wish list of having 5 SSBN for India is still a pipe dream. or PN having SSBN is also a pipe dream by mid of next decade. there is no proof of either of the country having any of the above.
Mid of next decade is 2025.
By 2025 Pakistan will have
Just
4 Yuan class subs (assuming there are no delays )
3 Augasta 90Bs
Where as Indian navy will have.
6 Scorpene SSKs Class
2-3 P-75 SSKs
3 - 4 Arihant class SSBNs
2 Akula II Class SSNs( one already in service , agreement for the second one signed in Goa during BRICS conference.
9 Kilo class submarines
As said before on an average Kilo class is just 5 -7 years older than Augasta 90b , plus they have just had their mid life upgrades.
Unfortunately INS Kirpan ran away or else there could have been more accomplishments.
http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-ins-kirpan-turned-and-fled-1024726
Before calling others kiddo learn the fact that there is no "rusty german" submarines in PN fleet.
All its conventional submarines are French and only 2 of them are a bit obsolete. The other 3 Augusta 90B are very much advanced and were built in 90's and 2000's unlike your kilos. Got it??
1. Kilos were built from late 80s to 2000
2. Pakistan's Augasta 70s were actually built in late 70s, making them on average 20 older than Kilos , yet they are still in service.
So it safe to assume Kilo will last atleast 20 more years.
3. PNS hangor's single kill is nothing compared to carnage brought down upon Karachi harbour and Pakistan's surface navy and merchant fleets by Indian navy's small missile boats.
PNS Ghazi and INS Vikrant decimation of East Pakistani harbours is all together a different story.