PAKISTAN TO COMMISSION FIRST TUGHRIL CLASS FRIGATE NEXT MONTH The commissioning ceremony of the lead-ship of the Tughril-Class of Guided Missile Frigates of the Navy, PNS TUGHRIL, will take place in November, 2021.
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PAKISTAN TO COMMISSION FIRST TUGHRIL CLASS FRIGATE NEXT MONTH The commissioning ceremony of the lead-ship of the Tughril-Class of Guided Missile Frigates of the
#Pakistan Navy, PNS TUGHRIL, will take place in November, 2021.
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This is the third Pakistan Navy warship to hold the name PNS Tughril after an O-Class Destroyer (1951) and a Gearing-Class Destroyer (1980). The Tughril Class are Pakistan-specific, upgraded variants of the Type 054A FFGs, state-of-the-art major surface combatant warships, the
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most modern frigates ever developed by China and are designed for intense anti-air, anti-surface, and anti-submarine operations in the high seas. The over 4,000 tonne, 440 feet long warships will be armed with a 32-cell Vertical Launch System (VLS), equipped with the HHQ-16 SAMs
and the Yu-8 ASROCs, 2×4 ASCM launchers armed with the CM-302 supersonic anti-ship cruise missiles, a PJ-26 76 mm main naval gun, 2×3 Anti-Submarine Torpedo launchers, 2×6 Type 87 Anti-Submarine rocket launchers, two Type 726-4 18-tube decoy rocket launchers
and two Type 1130 CIWS. The Pakistan Navy Type 054Ps might get delivered with advanced Z-9D Maritime ASW/ASuW helicopters. Avionics include an SR2410C 3D multifunction ESA (electronically scanned array) radar on top of the main superstructure and the Type 517 (SUR17B) long-range