Reminds me of a question posed to Muhammad Ali Jinnah who was asked to what sect he belonged to which he replied:
to what did Hazrat Mohammad sahib belongs? To Shia or to Sunni?
I know its not in widespread service but South Africa does produce the NTW 20 wich is like the old anti tank rifles of WW2.
This particular rifle can be chambered for the Russian 14.5mm rounds used with the KPV machine gun on the BTR APC series.
Not very portable but awesome firepower.
Rather than the French ship I'd wait to see which LHD the Turkish Navy goes for. Last I checked an Italian design was in contention as well as local designs.
You have to take into consideration that carriers are the nucleus of a large battle group that will include frigates, destroyers and submarines.
If Pakistan were to go for a carrier right now then most of the existing fleet would have to be used just to defend the carrier.
This is a very uneconomical plan and Pakistan would be in no position to acquire a vessel like FREMM.
However, another solution could be to integrate systems like the SAM missile from this frigate or a similar SAM onto say the F22P frigates on order.
The range is less than the Mamba Radar mentioned by airbus but then again this is quite an old system.
For Pakistan I'd like to see a continuing relationship with the Sweden following the Erieye deal with a consideration of ARTHUR.
The British Cymebline Mortar locating RADAR had some good success on the export market as its in service with 18 countries including Saudi Arabia and Egypt.
As Charles Yeager a USAF pilot put it "you gotta rememeber its the man not the machine"
During the 1973 Israeli Arab war the alleged "superior" Syrian tanks of the time ie T55s and T62s were being knocked out by Israeli Shermans a world war 2 vintage machine.
My point is that just because...
Rochdale is a sh*thole and should be bulldozed to the ground the whole place depresses me.
There are Pakistanis living there since the 1960s some of whom still can't speak English totally rooted in the past.
They make the average person in Pakistan look modern and enlightened.