{"id":115748,"date":"2026-06-18T16:36:05","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T16:36:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/18\/armed-with-new-sub-pak-mulls-presence-in-bay-of-bengal-for-first-time-since-1971\/"},"modified":"2026-06-18T16:36:05","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T16:36:05","slug":"armed-with-new-sub-pak-mulls-presence-in-bay-of-bengal-for-first-time-since-1971","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/18\/armed-with-new-sub-pak-mulls-presence-in-bay-of-bengal-for-first-time-since-1971\/","title":{"rendered":"Armed with new sub, Pak mulls presence in Bay of Bengal for first time since 1971"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Pakistan is signaling a sustained naval presence in the Bay of Bengal with its new, advanced submarine, PNS Hangor. This move, coupled with warming ties with Bangladesh, marks a significant shift in Pakistan&#8217;s maritime strategy. The technologically superior submarine, built in China, enhances Pakistan&#8217;s underwater capabilities, potentially altering the strategic balance in the eastern Indian Ocean after over five decades.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pakistan is signaling a sustained naval presence in the Bay of Bengal with its new, advanced submarine, PNS Hangor. This move, coupled with warming ties with Bangladesh, marks a significant shift in Pakistan&#8217;s maritime strategy. The technologically superior submarine, built in China, enhances Pakistan&#8217;s underwater capabilities, potentially altering the strategic balance in the eastern Indian&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/18\/armed-with-new-sub-pak-mulls-presence-in-bay-of-bengal-for-first-time-since-1971\/\" class=\"\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Armed with new sub, Pak mulls presence in Bay of Bengal for first time since 1971<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":115749,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sitemap_exclude":false,"_sitemap_priority":"","_sitemap_frequency":"","neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115748"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=115748"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115748\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/115749"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=115748"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=115748"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=115748"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}