Pakistan Navy

[11][12][13] Since its commencement, the defensive role of the navy has expanded from securing the sealines and becoming the custodian of Pakistan's second strike capability with an ability to launch underwater missile system to target enemy positions.

[23]: 474  On operational planning, Captain HMS Choudri had engaged on commanding a former RIN destroyer from Karachi to Bombay to oversee the evacuation of Indian emigrants to Pakistan.

[18]: 48 Command and control of the new Royal Pakistan Navy was extremely difficult as Prime Minister Liaquat Ali Khan's administration had to extend the employment of a large number of the Royal Navy officers from the British Admiralty, with Rear Admiral James Wilfred Jefford, RN, appointed as the Flag Officer Commanding (FOC) who worked on creating the contingency plan, "Short-term Emergency Plan (STEP)", to work up the frigates and naval defences in case of escalation of the war at sea.

In February 1956, the British government announced the transfer of several major surface combat warships to Pakistan Navy, including a cruiser and four destroyers to be purchased with funds made available under the U.S. Military Assistance Program.

[18]: 55 In 1958, the Navy made an unsuccessful attempt to obtain Neptun-class submarines from Sweden using the American security funds; it was halted by the United States and Pakistan's Finance Ministry despite the fact that the idea had support from Army GHQ.

[18]: 57 Proposal of attaining the aircraft carrier was deferred due to financial constraints, forcing Pakistan to move towards establishing the formidable submarine command.

[18]: 60–61  As the Indian Air Force's repeated sorties and raids disrupted PAF operations, the Navy assumed a more aggressive role in the conflict.

[18]: 61  On 2 September, the Navy deployed its first long-range submarine, PNS Ghazi under Commander K. R. Niazi which was charged with gathering intelligence on Indian naval movements that stalked the diverting threats posed by the aircraft carrier INS Vikrant.

[29] On the night of 7/8 September, a naval squadron comprising four destroyers, one frigate, one cruiser, and one submarine, under the command of Commodore S. M. Anwar, launched artillery operation— an attack on the radar facilities used by the Indian Air Force in the small coastal town of Dwarka.

[29] The Pakistan Navy explored the idea of installing Russian missile system on former British frigates but Soviets refrained from doing so due to objections from India.

[18]: 62  The United Kingdom offered the Navy to jointly built the Type 21 frigate but was rejected by Ayub administration that would only allow the financial capital to be spent on submarine procurement.

[37] The Indian Navy observers who watched the raid nearby later wrote in their war logs that the "PAF pilots failed to recognize the difference between a large PNS Zulfiqar frigate and a relatively small Osa missile boat.

[51] Since then the Navy has sought to improve the structure and fleet by putting special emphasis on sub-surface warfare capability as it allows for the most efficient way to deny the control of Pakistani sea lanes to an adversary.

[51] After the Russian troops withdrawal from Afghanistan in 1989, the Bush administration imposed the arms embargo on Pakistan by uncovering the existence of the covert atomic bomb program to the United States Congress, which ultimately refrained the transfer of the maritime patrol aircraft, missile systems, and defence software on 1 October 1990.

[91] The Navy Special Service Group is headquartered at PNS Iqbal in Karachi where the physical conditioning and weapon tactics training take place.

[92] The Navy Special Service Group's specialisation further includes training and mastery in the visit, board, search, and seizure methods, naval interdiction, and security operations to prevent seaborne-based terrorism.

The Navy was unable to break the blockade leading to Pakistan's economic and military resources being severely drained and communication was limited between the two wings of the country.

The F-22P Zulfiquar class guided missile frigates are attached with the 18th Destroyer Squadron with a complement of the American-transferred USS McInerney (now PNS Alamgir) in 2011.

[citation needed] On 1 November 2019, China's Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding held a steel cutting ceremony for the Pakistan Navy's third and fourth Type 054A frigates.

[118][119][120][121] Established in 1964, the Submarine Command is a major component of the Navy whose primary mission is to conduct clandestine military reconnaissance for intelligence and carry out precision strikes on enemy positions from underwater during war.

[124] The Agosta-class submarines are equipped with an air-independent propulsion system giving a capability of deeper dives and the ability to submerge for a longer period of time without detection.

[130] The Landing Craft Mechanized (LCM) are the important and center pieces for the amphibious operations undertaken by the Marines and expeditionary actions by the Army as the two of the LCMs are commissioned by the Navy after being handed over by the KSEW Ltd. in 2016.

[162] In 2017, PNS Siddiq was commissioned to support the aerial missions for the Pakistan Naval Aviation reconnaissance group to guard the safety of the CPEC.

[191]: 8–9 Additionally, the platform provided at the NDU represents a radical shift from the emphasis on operational and staff functions and the level of ranks are imposed as qualification to attend the master's program at the NDU, usually brigadiers, air commodores, and commodores, are invited to given admission in broad range of strategic, political, social, and economic factors as these factors affect the country's national security.

[191]: 8–9  In this sense, the NDU becomes the critical thinking institution as its constitutes active-duty senior military officers corps' baptism into a shared ideological framework about the military's appropriate role, status, and behavior in relation to state and society, and shared values affect how these officers perceive and respond to civilian governmental decisions, policies, and political crises.

[59]: 73 After the promulgation of the Constitution in 1956, the Navy gained its independence from the British Royal patronage and became the federal institution of the armed forces commissioned by the elected President of Pakistan.

[208] From 1996 to 2000, the Navy was a major sponsor of the Bahria Town– the real estate enterprise – and reportedly received market shares for the use of its name in commercial building projects.

Order of Lion; Urdu: نشان حیدر; abbreviated as NH) is the highest and the most prestigious honour awarded posthumously for bravery and actions of valor in event of war.

[212]: 220  Established in March 1956 by the Constitution, this award is an equivalent to the American Medal of Honor, British Victoria Cross (VC), Russian Order of St. Andrew, or the French Legion of Honour.

[213]: 87  Unlike the American Medal of Honor, the Nishan-e-Haider (NH) has only been conferred to those who have been "martyred" and proved their distinguished valor of actions in an event of conflict or war.

The Royal Indian Navy 's rating sailors breaching the Gates of Delhi during the rebellion against the British rule in India in 1857
PNS Shamsher visiting Australia in 1951. The frigate was transferred to Pakistan by the Royal Indian Navy in 1947 as a training ship. [ 22 ] : 19
PNS Badr , a destroyer, visiting Great Britain on a goodwill mission in 1957
PNS Ghazi in war theatre in 1965. She executed a circumnavigation of Africa and Southern Europe in order to be refit in Turkey in 1968. Sunk in 1971 under mysterious circumstances. [ 29 ]
Small ship PNS Alamgir in 1947
PNS Nazim , took part in the Vietnam and Korean Wars in the U.S. Navy as USS Wiltsie . She is now serving in the Pakistan Maritime Security Agency as its "on-sea" headquarters.
PNS Zulfiqar in 1947. She was subjected to a serious friendly fire incident during the Indo-Pakistani Naval War of 1971 when the senior naval observers misidentified their own ship as a smaller missile boat , giving clearance to the Pakistan Air Force to mount a missile attack. [ 37 ] She was scrapped in metal in 1983.
The Daphné -class submarine PNS Ghazi deployed during the Operation Restore Hope in 1991. She was purchased from the Portuguese Navy in 1975 and joined the Pakistan Navy in 1977. [ 52 ]
The Gearing -class PNS Taimur (former USS Epperson ) was acquired from the United States in 1977. She was sunk as a target during a naval exercise in 2000. [ 56 ]
The Garcia -class and Brooke -class guided missile destroyer (FFG) being transferred to Pakistan Navy in 1986. All were returned to United States in 1993–95 when the renewing of lease with an option of purchase was denied by the United States. [ 61 ] : 476
The Navy's P3C Orion taking a flight in 2010. One of its sister aircraft was involved in serious crash during its routine mission in 1999, claiming valuable lives.
PNS Shah Jahan and PNS Tippu Sultan , the Tariq -class guided missile destroyers , participating in Exercise Inspired Siren in the Indian Ocean in 2002.
An elite operative of the Navy Special Service Group (SSGN) is silhouetted by the setting sun abroad PNS Babur while under way in the Indian Ocean in 2007.
American Chief of Naval Operations , Adm. Gary Roughead , inspecting Pakistan Navy sailors at the Naval HQ in Islamabad in 2009.
The senior military leadership of the Navy meeting with the U.S. Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Gary Roughead at the Navy NHQ in Islamabad.
The Navy SSG conducting the force-protection and underwater special forces training with their United States Navy counterparts, the U.S. Navy SEALs in 2011.
Pakistan Marines dressed in operational camouflage uniforms, during training with the United States Marine Corps in Alexandria in 2009.
PNS Hamza , the air-independent powered Agosta 90B -class submarine , being prepared to go through the depth tests in 2007. The Agosta 90B submarines are capable of launching the nuclear-based cruise missiles from an underwater platform. [ 98 ] [ 99 ]
PNS Larkana patrolling off the Karachi coast in 2009. She is the lead ship of the Larkana –class missile boats.
PNS Alamgir (former USS McInerney ), being handed over to Pakistan Navy on 31 August 2010 at the Naval Station Mayport in Florida
TCG Heybeliada in the Mediterranean Sea
Chinese Type 054A frigates
PNS Hashmat in the Persian Gulf in 2014
PNS Hamza , an air-independent -powered Agosta 90B -class submarine , being prepared to go through the depth tests in 2007 [ 98 ]
Yuan class diesel electric submarine
PNS Nasr in Colombo Harbour , Sri Lanka in 2017
Naval Air Arm Maritime patrol P-3C Orion take off (2010)
The POF G3P4 is a standard rifle issued by the Ministry of Defense as seen by the Navy's enlisted personnel in 2009. [ 148 ]
Pakistan Navy personnel conducting a naval interdiction exercise with the U.S. Navy personnel in the Indian Ocean in 2004
Commodore Asif Khaliq (left) saluting with officers Cdre. Keith Blount (middle) of RN Cdre. Daryl Bates (right) of RNZN . The Cdre. is a star officer rank equivalent to One star rank ( Brig. ) in the Pakistan Army . [ 170 ]
US Navy and Pakistan Navy Sailors during a joint exercise
The Pakistan Navy's enlisted personnel at the Jinnah's Tomb in Karachi in 2007
The passing out (graduation) of cadets from the Pakistan Naval Academy in Karachi in 2008. The education and boot camp training last for two years before cadets becomes sailors. [ 175 ]
The PNS Karsaz —the training facility on heavy machinery was established in 1954.
Naval jack of the Pakistan Navy
Naval Flag of Pakistan Navy
PNS Badr participating in the relief operations after the earthquake hit the northern parts of the country in 2005
Adm. Bashir meeting with the U.S. Army General David Petraeus , top commander of ISAF in Afghanistan , to initiate peace initiatives and counter-terrorism operations against Taliban forces in Afghanistan in 2010.