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Hangor-class submarine conducts successful maiden live weapon firing

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  • Pakistan Navy's new PNS/M Hangor submarine successfully test-fired an anti-ship cruise missile.
  • The test in the North Arabian Sea was witnessed by Naval Chief Admiral Naveed Ashraf.
  • PNS/M Hangor is the first of eight advanced submarines to be inducted by the Pakistan Navy.

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Pakistan's first Hangor-class submarine, PNS/M Hangor, which arrived in Karachi in June, has demonstrated its combat readiness. In a test witnessed by the Naval Chief, the submarine successfully fired an anti-ship cruise missile, hitting its designated target. The induction of this vessel is part of a plan to acquire eight such submarines, enhancing Pakistan's subsurface warfare capabilities with features like Air Independent Propulsion (AIP) technology.

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The newly inducted PNS/M Hangor submarine successfully conducted its maiden live weapon firing in the North Arabian Sea, accurately striking a long-range target with an anti-ship cruise missile.

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PNS/M Hangor demonstrates combat capability in maiden weapon firing

Pakistan Navy’s newly inducted submarine PNS/M HANGOR successfully conducted its maiden live weapon firing in the North Arabian Sea, demonstrating the vessel’s operational readiness and weapon-system capability, the Navy’s Directorate General Public

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