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Monday, June 02, 2014

Details of China's type 039B submarine revealed: Kanwa

Type 039B submarineThe details of China's Type 039B submarine, which is reportedly to be sold to Pakistan this year, have been revealed by the Canada-based Kanwa Information Center, reports Huanqiu, the website of China's nationalistic tabloid Global Times.

The Pakistani Navy has reportedly required that China install air-independent propulsion systems on the submarines it has chosen for the transfer of these related technologies in order to assemble the submarines in Karachi, the largest city in Pakistan.

China has called for tenders for its type S20P submarine, which is another version of the type 0369B submarine that the country builds to export.

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1 comment:

  1. Pete3/6/14 06:01

    Pakistan has wished to buy 6 Chinese subs for years. I suspect Pak needs credit from China to finance this. Maybe China will now extend the credit.

    Pete

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