MIRauf
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I thought the news was that work on second boat starting soon, no mention of contract to work on the third boat. The work on third boat or no work was discussed her a while back, if work on the third A-90 has started then its news to I, good news none the less.It was reported that first A-90 was delivered to PN after upgrades then there was another report that work on 3rd A-90 has started. I have not heard that 2nd A-90 is delivered. Maybe anyone with insights into the Navy can enlighten us further. Anyways once these 3 are available then it will be a great boost because there are significant amount of updates done on these subs worth over 350 million dollars.
Yes A-70s are there but about 50 years old and overdue for retirement, PN is waiting for hangars.
PN will become in much great shape by 2023 when atleast 3 type 54As and perhaps 1 babur will be added. Until then whatever assets we have should ensure high availability / quick deployment. The Damen OPVs must be weaponized at earliest. Its a waste of platform not being weaponized for 1.5 year.
The news I await anxiously is the Arrival of type 039-xyz for the purpose of training and later perhaps being part of PN to make it the 1st or the 9th Chinese built Sub to join PN.