Kindly your views requested whether PN should in the next step go for Typ 52 Destroyers along with HHQ9 and Z20 like heavy Heli or rely on lighter frigates.
Pakistan Navy will definitely move ahead to Destroyer size vessels once it will complete its contemporary fleet modernization process.
Provided that Economic Support is available, PN will transform into a conventional deterrent and will be able to counter entire Indian Navy of future in case of conflict. Alongside procurements of new platforms, a wide array of missile systems will continue to develop.
What we see now - the projects of OPVs, subs upgradation, scout drones, Type-54AP, MPAs, AEWCS are initial phase of PN Modernization program. (2018- 2022).
Next phase includes J-class, New helicopters, Midgets, F22P overhaul, New AIP Subs, Destroyers, LR-MPA, MALE UAVs. (2022-2028).
There are atleast two confidential projects underway which will also complete somewhere within this time frame.