Malcolm Merlyn Posted November 19, 2016 Posted November 19, 2016 Quote NEW DELHI: The Navy on Friday rejected Pakistan's claim that it had detected and prevented an Indian submarine from entering its territorial waters, even as defence officials here said Islamabad had also taken to making "fanciful statements" about inflicting heavy casualties among Indian soldiers in cross-border firings. "Pakistan navy's statement is a blatant lie. None of our boats are in that area," said Indian Navy spokesperson Captain D K Sharma. This came after a Pakistan navy spokesperson, in a statement issued in Karachi, said: "The Indian Navy, in order to fulfil its nefarious designs, was deploying submarines. The Pakistan Navy, alert and using its extreme skill, prevented Indian submarines from entering Pakistani waters." "Pakistan navy fleet units detected the presence of Indian submarines in the southern parts of Pakistani waters ... and restricted their activity," he said, adding that the Indian submarines were "constantly pursued and pushed back". Pakistani authorities even released a brief video of a submarine at snorkelling depth to buttress its claim. A diesel-electric submarine comes up to periscope depth every couple of days to take in air through the snorkel mast to re-charge its batteries. But officers here dismissed Pakistan's claim as absurd. "Why would an Indian submarine surface or come to snorkelling depth near Pakistani waters? Submarines are meant to be stealthy, and do not give away their presence away so easily whether they are on intelligence-gathering missions or in actual combat," said an officer. Added another, "At any given time, there are over 150 ships of different nationalities in northern Arabian Sea and the Persian Gulf. Even the Chinese have been deploying submarines in the region. Either the Pakistan Navy mistook some other nation's submarine as an Indian one or is just doing propaganda warfare." This comes soon after Pakistan army chief Raheel Sharif on Wednesday said 11 Indian soldiers had been killed in cross-border firing along the Line of Control by his forces on November 14. Rejecting that claim too, the Indian Army's Northern Command had said, "No fatal casualties due to Pak firing on November 14, 15 or 16. Pak Army Chief claim of killing Indian soldiers on November 14 false." Officers say 10 Indian Army soldiers and four BSF personnel have been killed in cross-border firing since the border hostilities began in September. "Pakistan has lost many more soldiers. Pakistan itself admitted that it lost seven soldiers in just one incident of cross-border firing at Bhimber sector on November 13/14," said an officer. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Pakistani-claim-of-blocking-Indian-submarine-a-blatant-lie-says-Navy/articleshow/55497666.cms Pakistan now resorting to blatant lies as it can no longer escalate the issue on the LOC in face of sustained Indian retaliation. Pakistan Army is being shown its place that they are too small to sustain any kind of effective retaliation againist India.
Mariyam Posted November 19, 2016 Posted November 19, 2016 Sounds like a ridiculous claim. How does one "block" a submarine anyways?? By building an impromptu underwater wall right in front of it???
zen Posted November 19, 2016 Posted November 19, 2016 Latest claim by Pak ----> BD was actually a part of Ind. Brave Pak Army fought the evil Ind Army to liberate BD from Ind. Muslims of East Begal were freed from Hindu hegemony. Pak is the true warrior fighting the enemies of Islam
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