Nishan_101
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I hope that PN will again look towards a JV with Germans rather than buying or license production.
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Apart from China, I do not currently see any other country interested / willing in delivering or helping to deliver new submarines to PN. Not Germany, not France, not Sweden, not Russia (and that pretty much covers the commercial producers of subs, since Japan does not export subs and South Korea only used Type 209s). I doubt hinese subs would be better than U214. Howver, as with F22P, it is not just the quality of the platform but also price (i.e. numers that can be afforded). A sufficient number of AIP equiped Chinese subs could also be used as initial sea based launch platform for Babur, giving PN a capability similar to that German-built Dolphon class subs offer Israel. I think SSN (whether purchasing or building) would be prohibitively expensive fo PN and will not take place.
I think this deal is over now.
Yes the deal is canceled! now pak is looking fwd to build indegnious nucler sub..the project may finish till 2020 :/ isn't that too far?
Gentleman
We are now operating our two Type 214 at 100%. They are really the most sophisticated weapon in the Portuguese Armed Forces. Its a mean machine!!! The first of them NRP Tridente as already made a 2 month trip to the US Navy for exercises, the results are top secret but we now that the objective was to try to approach and destroy an US Aircraft Carrier and Escort. As always!! The men who operate them are so well trained that the Germans made their bags and went to Portugal to test the edge of these machines and new technologies here. Its a peaty you couldnt get them, operating with F16AM, P3C and Missile Frigates (like us), this team is very dangerous!
Greetings from Portugal