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Into 2300 (ton) Corvettes, the lead ship PNS Yarmook has been inducted while the second ship Tabook will join Pakistan Navy fleet by November this year. As a follow-up, six additional ships with larger tonnage are being contracted <unquote> CNS Zafar Mehmood Abbasi
Going by his own wording, he used the word 'follow-up order' after mentioning the two Damen Yarmook class corvettes and mentioned that this order would be of 'higher tonnage' and the process is 'being contracted'.
This logically speaking, points to a heavier (and 8m longer) version of corvette from Damen Shipyard most probably a 2600 tonne variant, But I dont think that the outing CNS was pointing towards the Type 52D or Type 55 for that matter.
An 8m lengthened Yarmook class (Damen OPV 2600) makes most sense as the extra length could be used to incorporate VLS or an existing VLS with more tubes while most of the other systems and subsystems remain the same adding to standardization and cost effectiveness. We would probably get a base unequipped version as the case with first 2 Yarmook class ships and get it equipped with different systems we could get our hands on. Additionally, 6 lengthened Yarmook class ships could be evenly distributed with 2 such ships in each of the Task forces 1,2 and 3.
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He didnt said that he is revealing all purchases or projects, he just highlighed some. It is but obvious that 20 of those 'big ships' that he mentioned would operate some helicopter from their deck. So i dont see anything to be worried here.