Qureshi worried about India's nuke submarineOctober 2nd, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Expressing concern over India's new nuclear-powered submarine, Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has said that New Delhi should observe nuclear restraint to maintain stability in South Asia. Addressing the Los Angeles World Affairs Congress, Qureshi said Pakistan had proposed a 'Strategic Restraint Regime' to India with the three inter-locking principles of dispute settlement, conventional balance and nuclear and missile restraint.
Chinese anti-submarine choppers inducted in Pak NavyOctober 1st, 2009 KARACHI - The Pakistani Navy, which has acquired six Anti Submarine Warfare (ASW) helicopters, Z9EC, from China, inducted the first batch of three such anti-submarine choppers into the Navy on Wednesday. Several top officials including Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Noman Bashir and Chinese Ambassador to Pakistan Luo Zhao Hui attended the induction ceremony in Karachi, The News reported.
Pak says reports of increase in nuke warheads 'speculative'September 4th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistan has rejected reports that it has enhanced its nuclear capabilities and has considerably increased the number of its nuclear warheads from 60 to around 70-90. Interacting with media persons after a meeting with Minister for Religious Affairs, Hamid Saeed Kazmi, Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi termed the reports 'speculative'.
Indian Navy personnel to join Russian nuke sub trialsSeptember 4th, 2009 VLADIVOSTOK - A crew of Indian submariners will take part in sea trials in mid-September of the Russian nuclear submarine which is to be leased to the Indian Navy by the end of 2009, a source said Friday. Russia's Nerpa nuclear attack submarine, damaged in a fatal accident during tests last November, resumed sea trials July 10 in the Sea of Japan after extensive repairs that cost an estimated 1.9 billion roubles ($60 million).
Pakistan rejects reports about obtaining French submarinesAugust 30th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistan has rejected reports about purchase of submarines from France. Briefing Senate's Standing Committee on Defence and Defence Production, Defence Production Secretary, Israr Ghumman said an evaluation committee formed by the Naval Headquarters has recommended purchase of German submarines.
INS-Arihant no security threat to Pak, admits Naval ChiefJuly 29th, 2009 BEIJING - The Pakistan Navy does not consider India's launch of its first indigenously-made nuclear submarine as a major security threat to it, The News reports. Pakistan Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Bashir Noman said the launch of India's first indigenously made nuclear-powered submarine INS-Arihant is not a major concern for the country's naval force.
INS-Arihant does not pose a 'dangerous new threat': Pak editorialJuly 29th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - While Pakistan has reacted sharply to the launch of India's first nuclear-powered submarine INS-Arihant, saying such a step would only increase arms race in the region and that it is 'detrimental to regional peace and stability', an editorial in a leading Pakistan daily said it was premature to say that New Delhi's big leap forward would really pose a threat. An editorial in the Dawn said Islamabad must not react to India joining the exclusive club of US, Russia, China, France and the UK.
India's nuke submarine affects security balance in Arabian Sea: Pak Navy ChiefJuly 29th, 2009 BEIJING - Pakistan's Navy Chief Admiral Noman Bashir said on Wednesday that India's launch of a nuclear-powered submarine has affected the security balance in Arabia Sea, as the sea is highly vital for the entire world and Pakistan does not want anyone's hegemony on it. Commenting on launch of INS Arihant, he said Pakistan had prior information about this project and the nuclear-powered submarine has changed the security situation of Arabia Sea, adding Pakistan does not want to pursue the arms race, it has its own priorities.
Pak newspaper editorial voices concern over Indian nuke submarineJuly 28th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - An editorial published in a newspaper in Pakistan has predictably reacted with concern to India announcing the launch of its first indigenously built nuclear submarine - the INS Arihant. In its editorial, The Nation says that South Asia, being one of the poorest in the world, can ill afford an arms race.
Induction of nuclear-submarine by India is detrimental to regional peace: Pak FOJuly 28th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - A day after the Pakistan Navy expressed concern over India announcing the launch of its first indigenously built nuclear submarine - the INS Arihant saying it could trigger off an arms race in South Asia, the Pakistan Foreign Office has said that such a step would destabilise the region and would have a detrimental effect on regional peace. "Continued induction of new lethal weapon systems by India is detrimental to regional peace and stability," Foreign Office spokesman Abdul Basit said.
Indian nuke submarine launch won't affect Pakistan, says Defence MinisterJuly 27th, 2009 KARACHI - Pakistan's Defence Minister Chaudhry Ahmed Mukhtar on Monday said that the country was under no threatfrom a security point of view despite India announcing the launch of its first indigenously built nuclear submarine. Mukhtar said that Pakistan is fully capable of defending itself from all sides.
INS Arihant a 'destabilising step' by India, says PakistanJuly 27th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistan Monday called the launching of India's first nuclear-powered submarine a "destabilising step" that could trigger an arms race in the region, a media report said. The induction of INS Arihant is "a destabilising step which will jeopardise the security paradigm of the entire Indian Ocean region", Pakistani Navy spokesman Captain Asif Majeed Butt was quoted as saying by Dawn News.
Russia to build balanced nuclear missile force by 2050July 26th, 2009 SEVASTOPOL - The Russian Navy is developing a concept of building a balanced nuclear missile force by 2050, the Russian Navy commander said Sunday. "In our understanding, it is important to know exactly what the navy should be by the year 2050, proceeding from two things: it must be a balanced nuclear missile force and, secondly, it must comply with the state's national interests and economic possibilities," Admiral Vladimir Vysotsky said on the occasion of Russia's Navy Day celebrated Sunday.
India-bound Russian nuke sub repaired, resumes sea trialsJuly 10th, 2009 MOSCOW - A Russian nuclear submarine that is to be leased to India and which was damaged in an accident that killed 20 people resumed sea trials Friday after extensive repairs, a defence official said. "The sea trials of the Nerpa nuclear submarine will continue for two weeks.
Pakistani Navy to induct two Chinese-built frigatesJune 4th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - The Pakistani Navy's combat capabilities will be greatly enhanced with the induction later this year of two Chinese-built state-of-the art frigates later this year. The construction of the first two ships has already been completed and they will be delivered to Pakistan Navy in August and December this year after successful completion of ongoing trials, a navy statement Thursday said.
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