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As far as I know the green panels are composites. And they are not for fuel storage areas.

no reload capability as far as i know.

I believe the Type 54A that we are getting can also support Z 20 when it becomes available.

The Chinese were churning out Type 54A Frigates three per year on an average! They are capable. What I was referring to was the time it took to commission PNS Aslat, the fourth and the last frigate which was built in Pakistan by KSEW for PN. The writer of the post was hoping for a fast track...

J7B can be compared to SEPECAT Jaguar. Higher ground clearance for the engine nacelles and longer landing gear struts hallmark of fighter prepped up to operate from unprepared or FOBases do avoid ground FOD.

As far as i know, there are 6 operating a/c. I would be interested to see how we can come with the 7th bird.

AzadPakistan2009.....it took KSEW from Dec 2009 to April 2013 to make one F22p frigate! ADA is another ball game altogether. I don't see those hulls that will be built in KSEW coming out at a fast pace.

and the overall cost of operating these larger platforms for policing duties.

The sub fleet and the surface fleet in PN are tasked with two different roles. The surface fleet will be used primarily for area denial, and protection of the SLOC in the event of all out war with India. The sub fleet on the other hand is the offensive punch of the Fleet and the strategic...

Istanbul is a no. What you might be reading in the news is the Saudi deal and not the Pakistani procurement. Furthermore, in another post I have specified that the VLS is built around the Evolved Sea Sparrow which can not be sold to Pakistan being a non NATO country. Any R&D on the VLS would...

Only four are now in Active service. Tariq being one of them. PNS Babur n Badar have been stricken off.

Cost of Azmat FAC(M) also seems to be on the higher side.

That amount is for the Saudi Deal and not Pakistani purchase. They are the ones procuring the Istanbul class platforms A good write up and info on ADA is given here: http://www.navalanalyses.com/2015/06/ada-class-corvettes-of-turkish-navy.html

We are getting the ADA class and not the Istanbul Class

I stand corrected. Our Turkish friends also corroborated your observation. Many thanks for the correction.

Me too. I see TOT being done on a number of projects but then after that no further units are produced after the initial production run. Case in point the Agosta 90B program, the F22p program, Let us see how it goes with Azmat FAC and the STM Tanker program.

I believe MKEK Korkut SPAAG has not been tested in its Navalized version as yet.

Little bit off topic but it is for those who feel Milgem sub systems will be an issue: Gun 1 x 76mm/62cal OTO Melara Super Rapid main gun Already ordered from Italy 2 x 12.7mm Aselsan (STAMPS) Turkish Mfg...

Not Type 54A.

PLAN orders for type 54A are done with. I believe last one is about to be rolled off of the slips. They will be switching to producing the definitive version of Type 54 the B version (or some say this to be type 57?? i don't know). Therefore, Hudong and Huangpu shipyards will have some slips...