NEW DELHI: Indian Navy sources on Tuesday outrightly rejected claims by Pakistan’s military that it had blocked an Indian submarine from entering into the country’s waters last week.
Pakistan army’s media wing, the Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR), released a video clip and issued a statement on Tuesday claiming that the submarine was detected by a Pakistan navy patrol aircraft on October 16. The statement said that the submarine was “blocked from entering into Pakistani waters”.
However, Indian Navy sources said the GPS coordinates in the video show the submarine’s location around 140-150 nautical miles from Karachi, which are international waters. “Territorial waters extend to just 12 nautical miles from the coast. It could be any country’s submarine in the video. There is a question mark on the authenticity of the video itself. Moreover, Pakistan has made such dubious claims in the past also,” said the source.
In its statement, the ISPR claimed that Pakistan navy showed “unremitting vigilance and professional competence” in ascertaining and blocking the attempted entry of the Indian vessel. “During the prevailing security milieu, a strict monitoring watch has been kept by Pakistan navy to safeguard maritime frontiers of Pakistan,” the ISPR said.
The Pakistan military claimed that this was the third incident of its kind during which an Indian naval submarine has been prematurely detected and tracked by the Pakistan navy’s long range maritime patrol aircraft. An incident of this nature was last reported in March 2019 when the navy had detected and thwarted an attempted entry by an Indian submarine, the statement claimed. Another reported attempt by an Indian submarine was made in November 2016 which was tracked and pushed clear out of Pakistan’s waters, Pakistan’s military claimed.
Pakistan army’s media wing, the Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR), released a video clip and issued a statement on Tuesday claiming that the submarine was detected by a Pakistan navy patrol aircraft on October 16. The statement said that the submarine was “blocked from entering into Pakistani waters”.
However, Indian Navy sources said the GPS coordinates in the video show the submarine’s location around 140-150 nautical miles from Karachi, which are international waters. “Territorial waters extend to just 12 nautical miles from the coast. It could be any country’s submarine in the video. There is a question mark on the authenticity of the video itself. Moreover, Pakistan has made such dubious claims in the past also,” said the source.
In its statement, the ISPR claimed that Pakistan navy showed “unremitting vigilance and professional competence” in ascertaining and blocking the attempted entry of the Indian vessel. “During the prevailing security milieu, a strict monitoring watch has been kept by Pakistan navy to safeguard maritime frontiers of Pakistan,” the ISPR said.
The Pakistan military claimed that this was the third incident of its kind during which an Indian naval submarine has been prematurely detected and tracked by the Pakistan navy’s long range maritime patrol aircraft. An incident of this nature was last reported in March 2019 when the navy had detected and thwarted an attempted entry by an Indian submarine, the statement claimed. Another reported attempt by an Indian submarine was made in November 2016 which was tracked and pushed clear out of Pakistan’s waters, Pakistan’s military claimed.
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