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Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Pakistan will not join maritime arms race

F-22P FrigateIndia’s launch of its first indigenously-made nuclear submarine is a “disturbing factor” for Indian Ocean’s security, Admiral Noman Bashir, Pakistan’s chief of naval staff, said in Beijing on Tuesday.

Bashir, who is in China to witness the commissioning of the first China-made frigate for Islamabad, also said Pakistan would not join in the maritime “arms race”.

“We knew about it (India’s nuclear marine plan) a longtime ago,” Bashir said. “A nuclear submarine could be a disturbing factor” as it would “jeopardize the security” of the Indian Ocean.

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1 comment:

  1. Tejaswy29/7/09 20:17

    I think the heading should have read ..."pakistan CANNOT join martime arms race"

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