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CHINA WANTS TO INCREASE THE POWER OF PAKISTAN MILITARY AS A WHOLE
- But their main focus is on Pak navy
ARTICLE FROM 2016
CHINESE TYPE 039A DIESEL-ELECTRIC SUBMARINE
PRICE OF FRIGATES?
- The terms of the deal and the price of the ships were not revealed
INDUCTION STARTED
- Pakistan-China defence ties turn a new chapter with the launch of the first ship of Type-054 class frigate
- The Type-054 class, equipped with the latest surface, subsurface, anti-air weapons, combat management system, and sensors will be one of the technologically advanced surface platforms of the Pakistan Navy fleet, the report said
WHAT IS A FRIGATE?
- A warship with a mixed armament, generally lighter than a destroyer (in the US navy, heavier) and of a kind originally introduced for convoy escort work.
PAKISTAN NAVY
- Pakistan is already using many Chinese built frigates like
- F-22P Zulfiquar-class frigate
- The class is based on an updated model of the Chinese Type 053H3 frigate.
- Planned: 6
- Building: 2
- Completed: 4
- Active: 4
PAKISTANI FRIGATES
- Pakistan has a total of 8 frigates and will have a total of 16 frigates by 2028
- The Pakistani navy doesn’t have a destroyer or an aircraft carrier yet
COMPARISON WITH INDIA
- 10 destroyers, 13 frigates, 1 nuclear-powered attack submarine, 2 ballistic missile submarine, 15 conventionally-powered attack submarines, 23 corvettes
POINT TO NOTE
- The made in India frigates are actually larger and heavier than the Chinese made frigates that Pakistan uses
- Pakistan’s heaviest frigate is U.S made Alamgir (F260) –Displacement 4200 tonnes
COMPARISON
- The Shivalik class or Project 17 class is a class of multi-role frigates in service with the Indian Navy. They are the first stealth warships built in India.
- They were designed to have better stealth features and land-attack capabilities than the preceding Talwar-class frigates.
- Displacement: 6,200 tonnes
- INS Shivalik (F47), INS Satpura (F48), INS Sahyadri (F49)
SHIVALIK-CLASS FRIGATE
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