Indian Navy rubbishes Pakistan claim of blocking its submarine
Indian Navy said the GPS coordinates in the video shows the submarine’s location around 140-150 nautical miles from Karachi, which are international waters.
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New Delhi, Oct 20: After Pakistan blatantly claimed that it had blocked an Indian submarine from entering into the country's waters, the Indian Navy outrightly rejected those claims by Pakistan’s military.
This came after Pakistan army’s media wing, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), released a video clip and issued a statement on Tuesday claiming that the submarine was detected by a Pakistan navy patrol aircraft on October 16. The statement said that the submarine was “blocked from entering into Pakistani waters”.
However, Indian Navy sources said the GPS coordinates in the video show the submarine’s location around 140-150 nautical miles from Karachi, which are international waters. “Territorial waters extend to just 12 nautical miles from the coast. It could be any country’s submarine in the video. There is a question mark on the authenticity of the video itself. Moreover, Pakistan has made such dubious claims in the past also,” said the source.
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In its statement, the ISPR claimed that Pakistan navy showed "unremitting vigilance and professional competence" in ascertaining and blocking the attempted entry of the Indian vessel. “During the prevailing security milieu, a strict monitoring watch has been kept by Pakistan navy to safeguard maritime frontiers of Pakistan,” the ISPR said.