Pakistani naval-balance framing
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Dawn · Pakistan · India commissions three home-built warships in one day at Kolkata
Pakistan's paper of record covers its own counter — the China-built Hangor-class AIP submarines arriving at Karachi — framing a sea-denial posture across the Arabian Sea that India's ASW push (Agray) is meant to answer; underscores the two-front maritime equation.
“The Hangor-class submarines will deter aggression and secure vital sea lines of communication across the Arabian Sea and wider Indian Ocean.”