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In-depth Look At Damen OPV 1900 (PNS Yarmook)
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South Asia
China To Boost Military Cooperation With Bangladesh And Pakistan
Officials of the Bangladeshi Navy received two Chinese Type-053H3 frigates – Jiaxing and Lianyungang. The official handover ceremony happened in Shanghai Jiangnan Shipyard. Bangladesh purchased the missile frigates in 2018. The frigates will boost the […]
East Asia and Pacific Region
China First Policy: Pakistan to Protect Gwadar Ports From India
KARACHI (GDC) — In 2018, Pakistan and China signed six agreements for the development of Gwadar port as Islamabad formally inaugurated an economic free zone in Balochistan province that will be a key part of […]
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Pakistan Navy Commission Second Yarmook-class Corvette
The ship is part of a two vessel order with Damen, signed by the Pakistan Ministry of Defence in 2017. Both ships are built at Damen Shipyards Galati in Romania. The first vessel, PNS Yarmook, joined the Pakistan Navy’s […]
South Asia
Pakistan to replace P-3 Orion patrol aircraft with Brazilian Embraer Lineage jetliner
ISLAMABAD (GDC) — Pakistan’s Navy has selected the Embraer Lineage 1000 jetliner to replace its P-3C Orion long-range maritime patrol aircraft, a source with knowledge of the program has confirmed to Defense News. Outgoing naval […]
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Pakistani Shipyard Laid Keel For Third MILGEM Warship
Turkey’s ASFAT shipyard and Karachi Shipyard (KS) today laid keel for the third MILGEM Corvette of the Pakistan Navy, the first of the two ships to be built entirely in Pakistan. The first two MİLGEM […]
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China launches first Type 054A/P frigate for Pakistan Navy
China’s Hudong Zhonghua launched the first Type 054 A/P Frigate for Pakistan Navy today. This is the first of four vessels on order by Pakistan. Pakistan signed a first contract for the delivery two Type […]
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Pakistan Navy inducts Yarmook-class corvette
The Pakistan Navy has inducted the service’s first Yarmook-class corvette. An induction ceremony for the ship, which is the first of two 2,300-tonne corvettes ordered from Damen in 2017, was held on 13 July at […]
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Turkish STM Engineering and ASFAT to cooperate on MILGEM project for Pakistan Navy’s corvettes
Turkish STM Defense Technologies Engineering and Trade Inc. has signed an agreement with the state-owned Military Factory and Shipyard Management Corporation (ASFAT) on the supply and integration of the main drive system that is to […]
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Turkish STM Lays Keel Of Pakistan Navy’s First MILGEM-Class Corvette
In July 2018, a contract was signed between Military Factory and Shipyard Management Corporation (ASFAT) of Turkey and the Pakistani National Defense Ministry Ammunition Production and Karachi Shipyard for the construction of four Milgem class […]