Italian Secretary-General Defense hails Pakistan Navy

[Gryphon]

No plans to buy a Sub Rescue Ship. So far not enough submarines in the store to justify the purchase. Rather have the Turks or Americans lend theirs. Maybe 15 years down the road PN may re consider when it has around 12+ Submarines in the dock.

Planned construction of submarine rescue & salvage vessel for PN has been mentioned in several MoDP yearbooks, most recently in the one covering FY 2015-16.

 

[Bilal Khan (Quwa)]

Planned construction of submarine rescue & salvage vessel for PN has been mentioned in several MoDP yearbooks, most recently in the one covering FY 2015-16.

...and was clearly mentioned by STM in a recent interview with Defence Turkey:

Defence Turkey: During the AMAN 2019 Multinational Naval Exercise held in February 2019, Pakistani Navy officials were very pleased with STM and its activities. According to the information we obtained, the Pakistan Naval Forces plan to meet the needs for the MoShip Submarine Rescue Mother Ship if the necessary budget allocation is made. In addition, the feasibility study of Gwadar Port was carried out by STM. Could you please inform us about the projects that STM is currently interested in and about the activities conducted in Pakistan?​

Murat İKİNCİ: As you mentioned, the Pakistan Navy brought to the agenda the need for the MoShip Submarine Rescue Ship and they are making efforts to meet such a need depending on the proposals that will be in line with their budgets. STM continues to search for alternative solutions for this request, and we will submit our study that includes alternative solutions for the Pakistan Navy in the near future. As mentioned before, the MLU of the Agosta-90 Submarines in the Pakistan Navy inventory is currently being carried out in Pakistan under the main contractorship of STM. In addition, Ormara Naval Harbor (ONH) Hydrodynamic studies and the port approach and in-port design are being carried out within the scope of our existing contract. STM is carrying on feasibility studies for the Submarine Maintenance Shipyard design to be located at Ormara Naval Harbor and Gwadar and Gwatar forward naval bases.

https://www.defenceturkey.com/en/co...ojects-with-the-turkish-defence-industry-3635
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For what it's worth, the Hangor SSPs are all due by 2028, by which point the PN will have 11 SSPs (3 Agosta 90B + 8 Hangor), which is a more than 2X increase in fleet size than today. And if miniature SSKs are on the roadmap too, then they'd probably want to settle a sub-rescue and salvage vessel by the early 2030s at the latest.

 

[PAR 5]

...and was clearly mentioned by STM in a recent interview with Defence Turkey:

Defence Turkey: During the AMAN 2019 Multinational Naval Exercise held in February 2019, Pakistani Navy officials were very pleased with STM and its activities. According to the information we obtained, the Pakistan Naval Forces plan to meet the needs for the MoShip Submarine Rescue Mother Ship if the necessary budget allocation is made. In addition, the feasibility study of Gwadar Port was carried out by STM. Could you please inform us about the projects that STM is currently interested in and about the activities conducted in Pakistan?​

Murat İKİNCİ: As you mentioned, the Pakistan Navy brought to the agenda the need for the MoShip Submarine Rescue Ship and they are making efforts to meet such a need depending on the proposals that will be in line with their budgets. STM continues to search for alternative solutions for this request, and we will submit our study that includes alternative solutions for the Pakistan Navy in the near future. As mentioned before, the MLU of the Agosta-90 Submarines in the Pakistan Navy inventory is currently being carried out in Pakistan under the main contractorship of STM. In addition, Ormara Naval Harbor (ONH) Hydrodynamic studies and the port approach and in-port design are being carried out within the scope of our existing contract. STM is carrying on feasibility studies for the Submarine Maintenance Shipyard design to be located at Ormara Naval Harbor and Gwadar and Gwatar forward naval bases.

https://www.defenceturkey.com/en/co...ojects-with-the-turkish-defence-industry-3635
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For what it's worth, the Hangor SSPs are all due by 2028, by which point the PN will have 11 SSPs (3 Agosta 90B + 8 Hangor), which is a more than 2X increase in fleet size than today. And if miniature SSKs are on the roadmap too, then they'd probably want to settle a sub-rescue and salvage vessel by the early 2030s at the latest.

The last para sounds just right to what I have said earlier.

 

[Bilal Khan 777]

PN's requirement would be a multi-purpose vessel.

 

[The Eagle]

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[ACE OF THE AIR]

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It was expected Pakistan would go for few more Specially PAA as they need it for mountain rescue with increased activity in the northern area.

 

[The Eagle]

It was expected Pakistan would go for few more Specially PAA as they need it for mountain rescue with increased activity in the northern area.

We can only speculate per current & available information. So far, meetings with high level delegation been observed though, nothing solid being made public. Yes, the need exist & must be done to facilitate ops.

 

[ACE OF THE AIR]

We can only speculate per current & available information. So far, meetings with high level delegation been observed though, nothing solid being made public. Yes, the need exist & must be done to facilitate ops.

Indeed. Though deal 3 seems to be the one for PAA, still we need to wait for confirmation.