Pakistan, France to hold joint air, naval exercises

[Nasir]

The exercise will involve submarines. The french will finally get a chance to see how we operate our Agosta-90B fleet and how effectively we use them.

May be they will teach us some few new techniques.

Pakistan, France to hold joint air, naval exercises
MIL-PAKISTAN-FRANCE
Pakistan, France to hold joint air, naval exercises

ISLAMABAD, April 8 (KUNA) -- Pakistan and France will hold joint air exercises from April 11, the first of a series that will enable French and Pakistani forces to train together, said French embassy in a statement Saturday.

On Tuesday, it said, the French Carrier Group with the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle will hold a series of exercises centered on air defence with the Pakistan Air Force (PAF).

They will carry out attack and defence missions on sea and over land in the vicinity of southern port city of Karachi.

After the dedicated exercise with the PAF, the French Carrier Group will carry out exercises with the Pakistan Navy involving submarines and surface vessels next May.

With Pakistan being a frontline state in the struggle against terrorism, the Group sees an excellent opportunity to carry out exercises with the Pakistani services, a big first with the PAF, which is the airforce other than France that flies the largest number of French aircraft in the world, and with the Pakistan Navy building on 40 years of cooperation.

It is worth mentioning that in May and June 2005 a task group from the Pakistan Navy held various exercises with the French Navy in the Red Sea, the Mediterranean and the Atlantic Ocean. (end) amn.
http://www.kuna.net.kw/home/Story.aspx?Language=en&DSNO=849335

 

[MOO]

Maybe France may try to sniff a proposal for more arms contract hehe.

 

[EagleEyes]

DCN has already started to make a design for a submarine especially for Pakistan. I just want to know how the tests were conducted between naval Mirage III/V fighters and Dessault Rafale. Mirage is said to have a very decent BVR capability nonetheless Rafale is superior.

 

[Neo]

Maybe we'll finally come to learn about the ROSE capability aswell.