Pakistan formally inducted two new ships – PNS Babur and PNS Hunain – in a ceremony on 06 September 2024
On 30 May, China’s Xichang Satellite Launch Centre sent Pakistan’s newest communications satellite into orbit using its LM-3B satellite-launch vehicle (SLV). Designated the PakSat-MM1 (previously, it was known as the PakSat-MM1R), the new satellite will be ready for operations by the end…
ASFAT A.S. (Military Factory and Shipyard Management) announced that the Pakistan Navy’s (PN) lead MILGEM corvette – PNS Babur – has set sail to join the PN fleet. PNS Babur was launched from Istanbul Naval Shipyard (INSY) for sea trials in August 2021. It…
In 2015 the PN initiated a significant program to both modernize and expand its surface and sub-surface fleets. The process started with a contract to acquire eight S26 air-independent propulsion (AIP)-equipped submarines (SSP) from China in 2015. This was followed by the…
On 21 February, Damen Shipyards launched the fourth Yarmouk-class offshore patron vessel (OPV) for the Pakistan Navy (PN) from its facilities in Galati, Romania.
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On 21 February, Damen Shipyards launched the fourth Yarmouk-class offshore patron vessel (OPV) for the Pakistan Navy (PN) from its…
Pakistan’s KSEW laid the keel of its second of four Hangor submarines in production for the Pakistan Navy (PN). Eight submarines are on order.
On 25 September 2023, the Pakistan Navy (PN) signed an agreement to transfer a Type 21 frigate, the PNS Tariq, to the United Kingdom (U.K.) where it could become a floating museum.
Specifically, the PN gifted the warship to the Falls of Clyde…
The Pakistan Navy (PN) agreed to return the Type 21 frigate – PNS Tariq (HMS Ambuscade) – to the United Kingdom, where it could become a floating museum.
Admiral Ashraf will inherit an expansive modernization effort across the PN’s surface, sub-surface, and aviation domains, one that is arguably unprecedented in scope and complexity in the PN’s history.