Pakistan’s dramatic missile tests and “carrier-killer” claims mask a harsher reality: a navy struggling with maintenance failures, limited deployments, and weak maritime awareness. During India’s Operation Sindoor, Pakistan’s fleet stayed close to shore, revealing the gap between its narrative and its actual ability to challenge an Indian carrier group.

Pakistan is building a parallel naval reality through AI-generated videos, deepfakes, and synthetic maritime narratives. While its real fleet faces constraints, its digital navy amplifies deterrence, distorts regional perceptions, and risks crisis escalation—raising concerns for India, Europe, and Indo-Pacific stability.

Pakistan’s maritime drug seizures consistently highlight low-level couriers and fishermen, while the brokers who coordinate the trade remain untouched. This pattern exposes a deliberate omission protecting the middlemen who organize shipments along the Makran coast, leaving regional nations to face the fallout of an unbroken narcotics network.