Pakistan Navy Plan to Buy Four more F22 P Frigates

[Shabi1]

type 53 was better option boss why stuck in same type we have 4 of them

The Zulfiquar Class/F-22P are based on the Type 053H3. Its been being discussed since long now that PN has made detailed assessments and in discussions with the Chinese on improvements for a larger F-22P version with vastly improved SAMS and maybe VLS. So the 4 more will be more capable version.

PN does need more surface vessels because of the extended sea territory. Submarines and more frigates both are now equally important.

 

[That Guy]

Already posted. Hope Chinese can offer a VLS with reasonable price. The VLS system onboard 054A of HQ-16 do not comes cheap.

Hopefully the next batch will be pretty well upgraded, though I don't know if PN can afford too big of an upgrade. Still, new f-22Ps are nice to have. Pakistan will be able to continue modernisation of it's fleet.

 

[kaonalpha]

Who knows slightly stealthy design changes an affordable VLS system bigger and better ciws along with new helicopters slightly bigger. But know we have greater sea territory then :
Thora Chora pan to dhekana chahiye.

 

[monitor]

A follow on order without any significant upgrade specially in air defence will not bring any good . i hope Pakistan navy will get a improve version of F-22P preferably VLS .

 

[SBD-3]

I think all of you misunderstood, the navy has approached to MinFin for funding in procurement of 4 more F-22Ps (an ongoing project). Navy's facing financing problems to complete the ongoing projects. So the problem is getting the underlying product first than adding fancy stuff.

 

[volatile]

How much this will cost us ?

 

[Infinity]

Already posted. Hope Chinese can offer a VLS with reasonable price. The VLS system onboard 054A of HQ-16 do not comes cheap.

Can all Chinese read Urdu................

 

[Dr. Strangelove]

How much this will cost us ?

no more than 200 million with out VLS

 

[aliaselin]

VLS for FM-3000 is more suitable than HQ-16

 

[volatile]

no more than 200 million with out VLS

Considering we pay in longer terms that is not big money and with VLS ?

 

[xuxu1457]

I think the real price will be half sell half send style, China should send more to Pakistan openly just as what US did to Israel instead of aid under the table.A strong Pakistan military can stop terrorists and make peace with India, this meets China's interest and meets India's too.
And in fact, Pakistan is the only real ally of China, we should give up the principle of Non-alignment

 

[Mughal-Prince]

Why not 05X series they are much more stealthy and a lot more to offer. In fact our area of operation is seems to be extending slowly whether we accept it or not but this gonna happen and it will happen seamlessly.

 

[Mughal-Prince]

I think the real price will be half sell half send style, China should send more to Pakistan openly just as what US did to Israel instead of aid under the table.A strong Pakistan military can stop terrorists and make peace with India, this meets China's interest and meets India's too

True said XUXU until we stay under dawg we will be bullied by stronger nations and if we got balls we can handle them equally. It's not the matter of taking on other nation it's about keeping them in their boundary. Nothing more.

 

[maxpayne]

China Shipbuilding Trading Corporation (CSTC) secured an order from the Pakistan navy for four warships. These are thought to be improved variants of the F-22P Zulfiquar class frigates, four of which have already been built for the navy, (three in China and one in Karachi).

According to a spokesman for Karachi Shipyard and Engineering Works, the Pakistan navy recommended a large number of modifications for the follow on batch of frigates, and these modifications have been accepted by the Chinese designers.

A spokesman for CSTC was unable to say if the eight FM-90 SAMs (Crotale copy) would be replaced by a larger number of more capable missiles housed in a VLS however. The SAM armament of the current F-22P class frigates is a noted shortcoming of the design.

http://www.defensenews.com/article/...le-sales-Pakistani-arms-fair?odyssey=nav|head


By 2020 Pakistan navy would have.

8 F22-P frigates
8 OHP frigates upgraded with Genesis Battleship Management System.
2 Type-54A frigates
6 Old 180series Frigates
4 FAC
3 AIP Augosta 90B subs
2 (AIP) Augosta 70 subs
6 AIP Qing Class subs
1 Nuclear submarine. [2nd strike nuclear triad]
4 ZDK-03 AWACS
10 P-3C Orion HAWKEYE
36 JF-17 Thunder Naval attack variant.
18 Z-9EC ASW helos.
?? C602 Coastal defense system.

What do you think about this, is it realistic or not?

We have only 4 18x series frigate. Two are retired already and 1 if thm already sunk to the depths of Arabian sea...and how come so much OHPs possible when we have restrictions? Nuclear sub not required and not possible due to technical constraints...

 

[kaonalpha]

I think we should start an early installment on type55 destroyer