Outgoing Pakistan Navy Chief Sets Massive 50-Ship Fleet Vision
Pakistan’s outgoing Chief of Naval Staff revealed that the service is working to build a fleet of 50 ships, of which 20 would be ‘major...
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Analysis: Ideas on How Pakistan Can Leverage the MILGEM Ada
By Arslan Khan Arslan Khan is an aerospace engineering student and an analyst/observer of Pakistani defence issues. In July 2018, Pakistan inked a contract with...
How Pakistan Should Equip its Ships for Naval Air Threats
Pakistan’s frigate and corvette acquisition/upgrade programs will deliver a considerably more capable force by the middle of the coming decade, but there may still be...
Pakistan’s UAV Development, Deployment, and Future
The importance of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in the modern battlespace is widely recognized in our times. With the success that UAVs have had in...
KSEW Cuts Steel for Pakistan’s Second MILGEM Corvette
Karachi Shipyard & Engineering Works (KSEW) held the steel-cutting ceremony for the Pakistan Navy’s (PN) second MILGEM corvette. Pakistan ordered four MILGEMs in 2018, it...
Istanbul Naval Shipyard Lays Keel for First Pakistani MILGEM
Istanbul Naval Shipyard (INSY) announced that it laid the keel for the Pakistan Navy’s (PN) first MILGEM warship. Pakistan signed a contract for four MILGEM...
Zulfiquar-Class (F-22P) Frigate
Today, the Zulfiquar-class (F-22P) frigate serves as one of the PN’s mainstay frigates,
Yarmook-Class Corvette (Damen OPV 1900)
The Yarmook-class corvette is a 2,300-ton design the Pakistan Navy acquired for anti-surface and anti-air operations as well as maritime security operations, day/night helicopter operations,...
Pakistan Navy Chief Outlines Aviation Modernization Plans
The Pakistan Navy (PN) Chief of Naval Staff (CNS), Admiral Zafar Mahmood Abbasi, said that the PN will acquire new long-range maritime patrol aircraft (LRMPA),...
The Jinnah-Class Frigate: Pakistan’s Next-Generation Warship?
In its contract for four MILGEM warships, the Pakistan Navy (PN) also bought assistance to design its own frigate. Considering that the PN is paying...