KARACHI – Pakistan has once again proven its military prowess in thebackdrop of repeated acts of aggression by India as it thwarted an attemptby Indian submarine to enter its water, with details of the operation muchmore interesting than anticipated.
Although India is claiming that its INS Kalvari (S21) submarine wanted tobe visible so it showed up, the details portray an altogether differentstory ratifying Pakistan’s naval superiority over its eastern neighbour.
In actual, Kalvari is a diesel-electric submarine and generally, asubmarine is powered by batteries but the batteries, in turn, are needed tobe regularly charged like a smartphone.View image on Twitterlink[image: View image on Twitter]link
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The battery charger in case of a submarine is the diesel engine but theengine cannot work underwater because there is no oxygen there which isneeded to burn the fuel; the absence of oxygen compels a submarine tosurface and charge the batteries at periscope depth.
In order to avoid visibility by rivals, submarines come to the surfaceduring the night and Indian submarine also opted the same technique as itstayed underwater all day and tried to stay close to Pakistan’s coast.
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For submarines, sonar technique is used to detect sea vessels and coupledwith acoustic signature (specific and unique noise by any ship, preciselike a thumbprint) specific ships can be identified.
The Indian submarine was gathering information about Pakistan’s seadeployments and was trying to stay close to the coast underwater during theday, and then running away at night to surface and recharge its batteries.
The recharging compelled the submarine to the surface but vigilant PakistanNavy was on watch out for the Indian watercraft and at night when it cameup, Pakistan took pictures of it, surprising Indians.
Pakistan Navy’s vigilance led to a massive psychological victory for thecountry as the operation came a week after Pakistan Air Force shot down twoIndian aircraft confirming that Pakistan outshines Indian when it comes toaerial or naval superiority.
The latest combat should not be underrated considering that the battle forthe sea is the battle for lines of supply and Pakistan sits as a gatekeeperon the Strait of Hormuz and Indian supply lines go through this patch.
It is easier for Pakistan to cut off Indian supplies than the other wayaround and that supply line is the lifeline of our country.
