The engines are the problem, but then China maybe about to cut the umbilical card on this one. Avionics and missiles have already moved into self dependency.

Avionics and missiles are sub par compared to russia or west but since china will be looking for desperate customers like pakistan and zimbabwea it might be ok.

P-15a’s are supposed to join by 2010. Also they are waiting for Barak-2. Any news about the missile?

Alouette 3 -60
Alouette 2 – 120
Dhruvs – 32 (115 more ordered)
Eurocopter fennec – 197 will be ordered for the army soon (hopefully)

The medium and heavy lift helos are operated by IAF.

But Pakistan seams to have enough money for new subs which aren´t exactly cheap and Malaysia hasn´t contracted BAe, yet.

They are still trying to recover from it. Their priority would be another 3 subs which will set them back another 1-1.5 bil dollars. So I don’t see FREMM as an aternative. MAlaysia can afford 1 FREMM but would likely prefer a few smaller corvette/light frigate sized ships instead.

Third P-17 frigate fitting out in Mazagon dock.

http://ajaishukla.blogspot.com/2008/04/ins-sahyadri-third-project-17-stealth.html

Fitz, no one is under any impression that the PN went for chinese frigates or even JF-17 due to their quality or capability. Both provide pakistan with rudimentary capability of building something they have never ever done at the cheapest cost and even on loan. No other country would do the same for pakistan. What would you have done instead?
I would definitely have preferred the T-23’s to these but PN couldn’t cough up the money. The Greek ships are only marginally better being 25 years old. This was the last option. Just go with it.

Didn’t stick for the french when then bought the CVF designs?? Why didn’t it stick when RN went in for american SLBM’s and tomahawk instead of making one from scratch?