Pakistan Commits to Further Militarization: UAVs, Submarines, AWACS on Shopping List

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Pakistan Commits to Further Militarization: UAVs, Submarines, AWACS on Shopping List




Dated 2/2/2009
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Reports indicated that Pakistan Navy confirmed their intention to acquire drones, spy planes and submarines. Speaking Thursday at a ceremony to induct a Fokker aircraft and commission the T-56 Engine Test Bench at the Pakistan Navy Aviation Base PNS Mehran, Admiral Noman Bashir described the induction of Z-9 helicopters, airborne early warning systems (AEWs), and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) as force multipliers for the navy's fleet of aircraft.

The T-56 engine powers the navy's P-3C Orion maritime reconnaissance aircraft. To enhance the navy's 'subsurface defence capabilities', Bashir said a contract would soon be signed for the German-designed HDW Type-214 submarines. Commander of Naval Aviation, Commodore Adnan Nazir, said the Fokker, being a versatile aircraft, would serve to augment the operational capabilities of the fleet.

The setting up of the T-56 Engine Test Bench was a step towards self-reliance as it would be used for overhauling and maintaining the P-3C aircraft, Dawn Friday quoted Nazir as saying.

 

[TOPGUN]

Already been posted in the Navy section!

 

[Super Falcon]

why waste the thread

 

[Luftwaffe]

umm Super Falcon bro i wanna know how are those Chinese Submarines??are they good ?? u think Pakistan plans to get 3-4 of them till 2013??

 

[Super Falcon]

i hope i wish after getting our F 22 we should place an order of 3 to 4 submarines from china type 94 submarine is very similar to russian delta class stretigic missile submarine very similar in the design and song class submarine is not too bad if we can go for 2 u214 subs than buy 2 song class and 2 type 94 submarine from china

 

[Super Falcon]

The Type 094 (also referred to as Type 09-IV, NATO reporting name: Jin class) is the PLA Navy’s second-generation nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine (SSBN), intended to replace the Type 092 (Xia class) SSBN of a single hull commissioned in 1983. The Type 094 was designed by CSIC’s Wuhan 2nd Ship Design Institute (also known as 719 Institute) in Wuhan, Hubei Province and built by CSIC’s Bohai Shipbuilding Heavy Industry Co. Ltd. (previously known as Bohai Shipyard) in Huludao, Liaoning Province.

Construction of the first-of-class submarine began in 1999 and the submarine was launched in July 2004. A second hull was launched possibly in 2007. The U.S. Office of Naval Intelligence (ONI) predicted in December 2006 that the PRC will need to build a total of five Type 094 SSBNs in order to maintain a near-continuous at-sea SSBN presence, with at least one boat available and ready for missile launch at all times.

The Type 094 SSBN bears many similarity with the Type 093 (Shang class) nuclear-powered attack submarine (SSN), suggesting that the two submarines were based on the same design baseline. The dive displacement was estimated to be 8,000~9,000 tonnes. The Type 094 is expected to be quieter than the Type 092 SSBN, with improved reliability and sensors. The development of the Type 093 and Type 094 has been reportedly assisted by Rubin Central Design Bureau for Marine Engineering in St. Petersburg, one of Russia’s primary nuclear submarine designer.

Satellite images have captured the two Type 094 SSBNs docked at the Bohai Shipyard, and one of the submarines was also spotted inside the PLA Navy’s only known nuclear submarine base at Xiaopingdao, Liaoning Province. In April 2008, Federation of American Scientists (FAS) website revealed that a Type 094 SSBN has been deployed to a newly-built nuclear submarine base near Sanyang City on the southern Hainan Island [1].

Shiplist
No. Name Shipyard Fleet Launch IOC Type
? ? Bohai North Sea 2004 ? Type 094 Jin Class
? ? Bohai South Sea? 2007 ? Type 094 Jin Class
Specifications
Displacement: (Dived) 8,000~9,000t
Missile: 12 X JL-2 SLBM

 

[Super Falcon]

china is also bulding new missile frigate check this out dudes



new missile frigate has been identified under construction at the Huangpu Shipyard in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province. The vessel is thought to be a follow-up of the Type 054A (Jiangkai-II class) and may be designated Type 054B (Jiangkai-III class?). The vessel, currently in the dockyard of the Huangpu Shipyard, is expected to be completed in late 2009. At the moment it is not known how the new vessel differs to previous designs of the same class, but some improvements in sensor and possibly weapon system are expected.