Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Agosta Hamza submarinenote

Commander of the Saudi Eastern Fleet Rear-Admiral Ibrahim Maghloos is said to have assessed the performance of the Pakistani-built Hamza submarine in the Gulf waters during a joint exercise with the Saudi Navy last week. The following 452-word report sheds light on the subject and tells what about the Saudi-Pakistani contacts over this submarine, which is built under a transfer of technology contract with DCNS of France. [Partly reproduced in Tactical Weekly (Issue No 21/20 – May 16, 2014)]