Tank131
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Why do we need to install the HQ-16 to MILGEM? and now MILGEM has VLS?
as I know. nntil now. Turkish warships still do not have any VLS. so this is not our problem.
Im not sure what your question is...Are you asking why China needs to allow integration of HQ-16 into MILGEM as it is a Turkish design or are you asking how it can be installed because MILGEM doesnt have VLS?
The second part is the easiest...PN MILGEM/ADA class will actually be larger than those operated by the Turks. It will be approximately 10m larger according to some reports and will support a 16 cell VLS, so theoretically, it will be able to field HQ-16. They will be known as the Jinnah Class Frigates.
As for why China needs to allow the integration...it doesnt need to. The PN has requested China to allow it to integrate HQ-16 on Jinnah Class as it currently wants to operate HQ-16 as its standard naval missile. China can consider it or refuse it up to its own desires, no one can demand anything of China. But why China would want to allow its integration is that it further moves PN down the line as far as the HQ-16 being the standard missile for all PN ships. What is to say that if PN gets another missile for MILGEM that during an F-22P MLU, they dont choose that missile instead? Plus, there is little to no risk to allow PN to integrate the missile onto MILGEM except that Turkey is a NATO member. That however, didnt seem to be a big deal to Russia vis a vis the S400, nor was it a big deal to China when it wanted to sell Turkey the HQ-9, so I doubt it will be a big deal here. The only issue China will have is why PN didnt go to China for its ships (for example, why not more Type 054A frigate). The answer simply is this is a much smaller and less expensive ship to operate and China has nothing of a similar class unless it further develops the Type 053, for which there are some designs available, but nothing off the drawing board. For PN it is also about diversifying supply chain.