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Saturday, September 01, 2007

Pak Navy opts for little known German subs

Pakistan has almost decided to purchase German-manufactured U-214 submarines worth $1 billion on a single source basis.

Senior officials confirmed this huge sale-purchase deal for the U-214 submarines for the Pakistan Navy but confided to The News that the offer was not in compliance with the invitation of the tender issued on May 10, 2006. Also, the submarines are not much known as no such subs are in service with any navy of the world.

The Defence Production Ministry and its technical evaluators, including senior naval officers, rejected a far-better French Marlin even without opening a tender for the said submarines for obvious reasons, alleged a senior official.

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