Karachi Shipyards to spend $30 million on a Syncrolift System

[gslv mk3]

They seem to be pretty serious about these boats - no specs available, protected construction space for indigenous construction, Indian dreams of naval supremacy will rest at the bottom of Arabian Sea, Insha Allah.

Nice try, but submarines are always produced under covered spaces.

 

[abrar khan]

WHAT ABOUT SHIPS WEIGHT MORE THAN 9K TONS WE DO HAVE SOME BATTLE SHIPS WHICH ARE HEAVIER THAN 9K TONS ITS NOT ENOUGH WE NEED SOME MORE HEAVY LIFTER

Those heavy weight will be retired soon, this 9KT capacity is enough to produce some monsters for next 10-15 years. We must produce such systems locally for Gawader or Ormara.

 

[CriticalThought]

Indeed. That said, if it apparently costs $30 m to set this up in KSEW, I wonder if they'll raise similar infrastructure at Gwadar or Ormara ...?? It would be a good idea to ultimately defer defence production to Ormara or Gwadar, and leave Karachi to focus on civil and commercial vessels.

KSEW has a rich history and a lot of capability. Just transferring the human skills to some other place would be time consuming. Possibly, the low price of $30m is because of existing capability. So it will probably take some time and investment for Gwadar/Ormara to mature. We do need to avoid single point of failure. It would make sense to start small with something similar to Azmat class FAC outside Karachi and build up from there. But I don't want to move all the capability of military boats out of Karachi either. It would be heartbreaking to see the proud shipyard reduced to merely civilian vessels.

Nice try, but submarines are always produced under covered spaces.

Yes, just like any submarine launched missile must emerge vertically from the water. Only in India...

 

[gslv mk3]

Yes, just like any submarine launched missile must emerge vertically from the water. Only in India...

depends on how it is fired.

 

[ghazi52]

Once upon a time Pakistan exported ships to China.
A 13,160 Ton Cargo Vessel Hetian was built for China National Machinery Import & Export Corporation, China, in 1978.

Weighing 12000 Tons. Steam Ship Al-Abbas
was the first completely built in Pakistan in 1967 for a local shipping company.

 

[ziaulislam]

Once upon a time Pakistan exported ships to China.
A 13,160 Ton Cargo Vessel Hetian was built for China National Machinery Import & Export Corporation, China, in 1978.

Weighing 12000 Tons. Steam Ship Al-Abbas
was the first completely built in Pakistan in 1967 for a local shipping company.

60s was a great era,but than world went on to educate their people and we decided to go to do wars, politics, nationalization and internal conflict/racism