The Pakistan Navy interdicted and tracked an Indian submarine on March 1 (Tuesday), the service’s media affairs sect said on Thursday.
In a tweet, Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Director General Maj Gen Babar Iftikhar said that the cortege’ santi-submarine unit interdicted and tracked the” rearmost Kalvari class Indian submarine”.
“The recent incident being the fourth discovery in (the) last five times is (a) reflection of Pakistan Navy’s capability and resolve to defend maritime borders of Pakistan,”he said on Twitter, participating in videotape footage of the submarine.
#PakistanNavy Anti-Submarine Warfare Unit intercepted & tracked latest Kalvari class Indian submarine on March, 1.
The recent incident being the fourth detection in last 5 years is reflection of Pakistan Navy’s competence & resolve to defend maritime frontiers of Pakistan. pic.twitter.com/6sn1WvpUVj
In a detailed statement, Gen Iftikhar said the Indian Navy stationed its submarine against Pakistan with”ulterior motives”.
” Still, yet again through nonstop alert and professionalism, Pakistan Navy has baffled (the) Indian submarine’s attempt of entering into Pakistani waters,”he said.
“During prevailing security terrain and ongoing Pakistan Navy Exercise SEASPARK-22, the possibility of Indian unit lurking into Pakistan maritime zone for surveillance and gathering information on exercise was anticipated.
” Thus, strict monitoring watch and strict alert procedures were executed. Resultantly, Pakistan Navyanti-submarine warfare unit took the lead and precociously interdicted and tracked the rearmost Indian submarine Kalvari on March 1,” he said.
The last similar incident was reported in October 2021 when the cortege detected and blocked an Indian submarine from entering Pakistani waters.
The UN Convention on Law of Sea doesn’t allow a state to carry out manoeuvres or exercises in the exclusive profitable zone (EEZ) and in the international shelf of another littoral state without its concurrence. EEZ signifies an area of littoral water and seabed within a certain distance of a country’s bank that can not be entered without authorization or previous information.
The area of Pakistan’s territorial waters is 12 navigational country miles while its seabed home (EEZ) grew to square kilometers in 2015.
