Bilal Khan (Quwa)
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From how I read the ex-CNS' statements, it was:so the Jinnah class is the follow on from the 4 x MILGEM
so it will be the 1st warship designed and built in Pakistan
so we will have
4 x Type 054AP
4 x MILGEM
we should add 4 x Jinnah Class
6 x Larger warships
thats 18 x warships
Now that is amazing
I would like to see this
Jinnah class no more than 4,000 tons twin hangers and 32 VLS
then we have 6 x larger FFG
we should add
5,000 tons twin hanger and can we manage 48 x VLS ?
overall we will have
4 x Type 054AP with 32 VLS = 128 with 4 x ASW Helicopters
4 x MILGEM with 16 x VLS = 64 with 4 x ASW Helicopters
4 x Jinnah Class with 32 x VLS = 128 with 8 x ASW Helicopters
6 x Larger FFG with 48 x VLS = 288 with 12 x ASW Helicopters
Total 608 x VLS + 28 x ASW Helicopters
now thats enough for complete air defence of our shore, landmarks and warships out at sea
4 Type 054A/P
4 MILGEM
2 OPV 1900 (Yarmouk and Tabouk)
6 OPV (of larger tonnage)
? Jinnah-Class Frigate
I suspect in the long-run the Jinnah-class frigate would replace the F-22Ps. I don't think we'll see the first Jinnah-class frigate launched for trials before 2030. I think the first F-22P will be around 20 years of age at this point, so we could replace all four of those ships by 2040/2045.
The 6 larger OPVs can potentially have VLS (there are designs out there enabling this capability), but their role would be to drive our peacetime activities -- e.g., SLOC/EEZ patrol, CTFs, HADR, RMPs, CT/COIN, etc. In wartime, they'll likely double back as ASW and AShW corvettes.