Pakistan Navy to acquire modern frigates and maritime

Pakistan Navy to acquire modern frigates and maritime:- Karachi June 25, 2005 3:28:44 PM IST

Pakistan’s Navy Chief, Admiral Shahid Karimullah has said that the federal government and the Naval Headquarters are putting in all their efforts to equip Pakistan Navy with modern weaponry and platforms.

He said that the acquisition process of the F-22P frigates from China and Orion P3C maritime reconnaissance aircraft from the US for maritime surveillance was making a significant headway.

He further said that after procuring all these state of the art platforms, it was the Pakistan Navy’s responsibility to maintain them and use them for getting ‘optimum advantage’.

“It is now our responsibility to maintain these invaluable naval assets and make their full use to gain optimum advantage”, The Nation quoted him as saying.

Admiral Karimullah had earlier also said that China would be transferring sophisticated technology to Pakistan for manufacturing the F-22P Frigates.

The F-22P ships features various sensors for surveillance and detection of surface, sub-surface, and air contacts and corresponding engagement weapon systems, with all the sensors and weapons integrated through a command and control network, supported by the navigation, communication and ship-to-ship and ship-to-shore data link networks.

It is also capable of operating independently or as part of a task force in a multi-threat scenario and is well equipped for anti-submarine, anti-surface and anti-air warfare as well as self-defence capabilities. It is also well equipped to operate in areas contaminated with nuclear, biological and chemical agents.

Incidentally modernization of the Pakistani forces is not only restricted to its Navy. It is going in for a major upgrade of its defence hardware, which includes procurement of F-16 fighter jets, C-130 transport aircrafts and Orion surveillance aircrafts for maritime reconnaissance from the US, JF -17 Thunder jets and the latest state of the art F-22P Frigates from China. (ANI)

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