On 16 November 2019, the Pakistan Navy (PN) announced that the Chief of Naval Staff (CNS), Admiral Zafar Mahmood Abbasi, paid an official visit to Romania. The CNS also visited Damen Shipyards Galati, which constructed the PN’s two forthcoming 2,300-ton corvettes.
The PNS Alamgir has been in Turkey since 09 November 2019 for a 12-day multinational maritime exercise – designated Operation Mediterranean Shield – in the Aegean Sea.
The Pakistan Navy has eight Hangor submarines on order from China. The first four will be inducted in 2022-2023, and the last four by 2028.
China Shipbuilding Trading Co. Ltd. (CSTC) conducted the steel cutting ceremony of two Type 054A/P frigates for the Pakistan Navy (PN). The PN is slated to receive all four Type 054A/P frigates by 2021.
With a relatively deep – and active – procurement roadmap of new submarines, frigates and other assets, the Pakistan Navy is aims to implement an ambitious modernization project in the next decade.
While one can expect the PN to configure its larger ships – such as the forthcoming Type 054A/P frigate and Jinnah-class corvette/light frigate – with the supersonic missile, the optimal scenario would be to also arm smaller launch platforms.
According to the Pakistan Ministry of Defence Production’s disclosure for 2017-2018, the Directorate General of Munitions Production (DGMP) signed-off on the local development of a supersonic missile for the Pakistan Navy.
On Sunday, 29 September 2019, Istanbul Shipyard conducted the steel-cutting ceremony of the first MILGEM corvette slated for the Pakistan Navy. Pakistan has four MILGEM corvettes on order as part of a $1 to $1.5 billion US contract with ASFAT A.S. in…
On 20 December, the China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC) held the steel-cutting ceremony of the Pakistan Navy’s (PN) second (of four) Type 054A/P multi-mission frigates.
On 12 December 2018, the Pakistan Navy (PN) formally inducted two refurbished, former Royal Navy Westland Sea King (one HAR3A and one HC4) naval helicopters and its first ATR-72-based maritime patrol aircraft (MPA). The PN also saw the launch of a new…