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Pakistan Navy to Purchase Frigates from China

10 Ships under CPEC lease program would be best route for Pakistan/China CPEC security
Thinking perhaps

Lease to Own program
  • 4 Type 054
  • 6 F22P+
 
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Looks like 3 tier 054 in outlet layer in the Arabian Sea with subs next inner layer with f22ps/Ada and the inner most with close to shore within paf air protection are Missile boats azmat plus shore base defences such as Harba

Or some combination of all assets to form layer defense during crises


See Falkland island multi tear deployment by Royal Navy

Pn just want to cover its 350 mile and eco zone in trouble times

Subs may be on offensive to go all the way
 
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cant we install Aster 30 in this ship?
@wanglaokan @Gryphon

Aster 30 is adapted to the Sylver A50 VLS, European electronics, air search and fire control radars & CMS.

In case PN wants Aster 30 on its Type 054A's, all the above mentioned equipment has to be purchased from European vendors (MBDA, DCNS/Naval Group, Thales and Leonardo) and the integration & testing costs are to be endured as well.

Looking at the IDEAS 2016 CSOC frigate model, there is a taller VLS (compared to PLAN Type 054A) and I suspect it could be the new 7m VLS Chinese have developed.

The old VLS was limited by depth to accommodate HHQ-9 and the launch mechanism was 'hot launch' (for HHQ-16, export version LY-80N) and not 'cold launch' (required for the HHQ-9).

The new Chinese VLS is capable of both hot and cold launching missiles, so export versions of HHQ-16 and 6.8m long HHQ-9 are possible, plus Harbah AShM/LACM and ET80 rocket assisted torpedo.
 
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I have always proposed that as part of the Naval strategy, Pakistan needs to create a large artificial Island within its sea boundary, just like China. This fortified Island will host warships like 054, fighter jets, missile systems, etc. This will not only give the navy a much better strategic foothold in the Arabian sea, but will enable it to strike and defend a much bigger area within existing resources.
 

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I have always proposed that as part of the Naval strategy, Pakistan needs to create a large artificial Island within its sea boundary, just like China. This fortified Island will host warships like 054, fighter jets, missile systems, etc. This will not only give the navy a much better strategic foothold in the Arabian sea, but will enable it to strike and defend a much bigger area within existing resources.
China may help in this regards.

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China may help in this regards.

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Exactly! China has great expertise with artificial Island building. With the PN's existing and planned purchase of frigates and Subs, such an Island can act as huge power projection platform. PN would be able to defend and attack deep into Indian territory. PN can never match Indian Navy on ship to ship ratio. But with such out of box planning, they can become a formidable force capable of defending Pakistan's ports and EEZ.
 
I have always proposed that as part of the Naval strategy, Pakistan needs to create a large artificial Island within its sea boundary, just like China. This fortified Island will host warships like 054, fighter jets, missile systems, etc. This will not only give the navy a much better strategic foothold in the Arabian sea, but will enable it to strike and defend a much bigger area within existing resources.
if building the artificial island near Pakistan coast is not impossible than it must be near to impossible due the the depth of seabed in Arabian ocean near Pakistan's coat

Depth of Indus Fan
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Location of Indus Fan
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Depth of Murray Ridge
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Location of Murray Ridge
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You can observe the depth and location Murray Ridge and Indus fan
 
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