Indian Navy looked for Pakistani submarine for 21 days after Balakot airstrikes: Source

 

New Delhi, 23 June Soon after the Pulwama terror attack, India pulled out its Navy from an exercise and deployed a major part of its fleet, including nuclear and conventional submarines, close to Pakistani territorial waters.

During the aggressive deployment of the naval assets by the Indian side, the Pakistanis were getting an impression that New Delhi might use its sea power to retaliate for the killing of its 40 CRPF personnel in the suicide bombing by Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM). India was consistently watching out for the development of the Pakistani military yet after Indian Air Force hit the Jaish fear based oppressor production line in Balakot, a standout amongst the most exceptional Pakistani Agosta-class submarines - PNS Saad - evaporated from the Pakistani waters, a senior government source said.

Having represented all other surface warships and all the submarines, the vanishing act done by the PNS Saad fitted with Air Independent Propulsion (an innovation which enables the submarines to remain for a more drawn out period under the water than normal submarines) swung the entire Indian Navy swung into action. "The area close Karachi from where the PNS Saad evaporated, it could achieve the Gujarat coast in three days and the central station of the western armada in Mumbai inside five days and was viewed as a noteworthy danger to the security of the nation," the sources said.

The anti submarine warfare specialist warships and aircraft were situated to help in the chase for the missing Pakistani submarine. "All the areas where it could have gone in the given time allotment, broad pursuits were completed by the Indian Navy. P-8Is were pressed into service to locate the submarine along with the coastal areas of Gujarat followed by Maharashtra and other states," the sources said.

All precautionary measures had been taken by the Navy to guarantee that regardless of whether the PNS Saad had entered Indian waters, all necessary actions were to be taken to force it to come on the surface, and if required take military punitive action against it, the sources said. Nuclear submarine INS Chakra had also been sent in an aggressive posture long the Pakistani waters and educated to keep looking for the missing Pakistani submarine.

The Indian Navy's latest induction, Scorpene-class submarine INS Kalvari, was additionally sent in the chase while their stance continued undermining Pakistan against doing any misfortune in the Indian waters. As the days advanced, the Indian Navy continued growing its region of quest for the Pakistani boat and satellites were additionally used to find it, then, the power was practically sure that the Pakistanis may have kept it concealed elsewhere.

After 21 days of an extensive search, the Indian Navy finally found the PNS Saad on the western side of Pakistan. It was sent there for hiding, to guarantee a secretive ability in the event of expansion in threats in the repercussions of the Balakot airstrikes. Sources said the Navy is maintaining complete surveillance of the Arabian Sea, especially Pakistani waters, and is aware of Pakistan`s naval activities in the area.