I desperately want Pakistan to launch preemptive strikes on India, but this mujra-dancing Islamic military doesn’t have the guts to pull it off.
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Aging Fleet, Maintenance Woes, Low Morale: Pakistan Navy Faces Crisis After Op Sindoor
Sources said following Operation Sindoor, Pakistan's naval fleet has been notably absent from the strategic waters of the Arabian Sea
Some gems from the above article.
btw both these boat-fakirs and the Indian Navy are given the least budgetary priorities by their respective countries, yet our guys have everything from corvettes to aircraft carriers today and these Pakis are limited to being a glorified Coast Guard now.
All their shipbuilding/repair and all is also situated on the one peninsula upon which Karachi Shipyard sits
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Open-source reports and maritime tracking data have revealed a troubling pattern – the majority of the navy’s principal surface combatants remain pier-side at Karachi naval base.
According to sources, Pakistan has only two operational submarines at present, with the rest being inactive and berthed at naval facilities. Not only that, training opportunities in the navy have become increasingly limited as operational vessels remain unavailable for extended periods, the sources said.
The sources said young officers complete their naval academy training only to find themselves assigned to ships that spend months in maintenance status. This has created a generation of naval officers with limited sea-going experience, further undermining operational competence, they said.
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- Due to this, each platform requires specialised maintenance protocols, unique spare parts inventories, and distinct technical expertise. This logistical complexity has overwhelmed the navy’s maintenance infrastructure, creating bottlenecks that keep vessels tied to ports for extended periods.
- Chinese-origin vessels present particular challenges. The much-vaunted Type-054A frigates, delivered between 2021 and 2023, have experienced recurring technical issues with their radar systems and propulsion plants, requiring frequent returns to shipyard facilities.
- Financial constraints have exacerbated the maintenance crisis. The shipyard’s limitations became apparent during recent attempts to service the Type-054A frigates. These Chinese-origin vessels require specialised diagnostic equipment and proprietary software that the Karachi shipyard lacks.
- Attempts to establish repair partnerships with Chinese firms have been hampered by technology transfer restrictions and exorbitant costs, leaving many vessels in an extended maintenance limbo.
- The neighbouring country’s inability to maintain a credible naval presence in the Arabian Sea creates a vacuum. The Indian Navy has, therefore, expanded its patrol patterns and exercise schedules, effectively treating Pakistani waters as uncontested space.
Or it could be them being just extra intelligent dhando. The more problem there is with the system, the more they charge the porkis to extract money from them.I assume their stuff is good, I mean what they themselves use, because they intend to go up against the US and win by beating them or by deterring them over Taiwan.
But I believe the stuff they export to Pakistan is garbage on purpose
Not even standard ((( export grade ))) cutting down no, actually sabotaged or low quality hardware.
Aside from dependence established upon Napakis, they don't want any weaknesses or other such characteristics of their equipment getting leaked to the Americans.
Might be possible. I mean they rejected Z-10 helicopters over performance but ultimately bought them when Daddy Yankee slapped sanctions on the turboshaft engines for the T-129. They even wanted German engines for their Hangor subs which again got nuked, to being forced to use Chinese engines. They used JF-17 with Russian Klimov RD-93 engines as Chinese ones weren't great and forced to fly J-10C due to no other option. Yes pakis can kang over it and deny the obvious since they've only fought small scale skirmishes with us and limited war, but in a long term conflict their military will be screwed. There's a reason why PAF loves their F-16s even today.I assume their stuff is good, I mean what they themselves use, because they intend to go up against the US and win by beating them or by deterring them over Taiwan.
But I believe the stuff they export to Pakistan is garbage on purpose
Not even standard ((( export grade ))) cutting down no, actually sabotaged or low quality hardware.
Aside from dependence established upon Napakis, they don't want any weaknesses or other such characteristics of their equipment getting leaked to the Americans.
Yes it is good, but our capabilities compared to other countries is limited, in terms of:Don't we also have our own Naval propulsion systems. I recall correctly some private players do make propulsion system for some of the smaller naval vassals.
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Well I agree with you here. Our capabilities are still very limited. Hopefully as time goes on we improve. KMT probably had some inherent issues ig that's why Navy never went ahead with it. Somebody told me it had reliability issue, it produced the necessary power but was too heavy. And it was not reliably producing it.
Tbh KMT technically had go ahead from the government. It is IN which didn't give the green signal in this case. What was the reason they probably know. Knowing IN I think there was probably some genuine problem with it. Kaveri was already a very ambitious project (somebody on this or other forum had mentioned it had 6 compressors only compared to engine in its class which had 7+ compressors, essentially there was flaw in its design) and our manufacturing process back then wasn't really that great. If we had built Kaveri with what we have today, it would have been a much better engine..Kaveri gas turbines never got the attention they deserved from the Govt in terms of getting smart guys, stealing tech from 5 places, buying infrastructure or getting funding in general.
ISRO does launches on shoe string budgets, Navy builds ships on budgetary peanuts and these babootards think that such making do with what you have is a good thing and should be a standard
