January 7, 2006: Pakistan has decommissioned its four French Daphne class coastal submarines. These 870 ton boats are 35 years old, and are showing their age. But they served well in the 1971 war with India, sinking an Indian frigate and damaged another. This was the first submarine kill since World War II, and the only one so far, since 1945, by a diesel-electric boat. A British nuclear sub sank an Argentinean cruiser during the 1982 war. The Daphne class boats have a crew of 54 and carry 12 torpedoes in 12 tubes (no reloads.) The Pakistani boats were later fitted to fire Harpoon anti-ship missiles from their torpedo tubes, but never got a modern electronics update. They are being replaced by French Agosta class. These are 1,500 ton boats, which carry 16 torpedoes, modern electronic gear and a crew of 41. The submarine service has long been the elite of the Pakistani navy, and these subs are the most dangerous systems India would have to face at sea in any future war.