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【中巴海军举行联合军事演练】当地时间1月11日，结束对巴基斯坦友好访问的中国海军第21批护航编队在卡拉奇外海，与巴海军举行了以编队运动、补给占位、远海搜救、联合护航、编队防空、直升机互降等科目为主要内容的联合海上军事演练。通过演练，加深了中巴海军的友谊与互信，深化了双方的交流与合作。

My (unofficial) translation from official PLAN weibo news source: Local time January 11th, PLAN's 21st anti-piracy task forces concludes its friendly visit to Pakistan by joining the PN in a naval exercise outside of Karachi waters. Fleet formation navigation, on-the-sea resupply, maritime SAR, joint escort, fleet air-defense and helicopter cross-landing, etc were practiced as part of the joint military exercise. Through this exercise, the ties between PLAN and PN friendship were strengthened and mutual-corporation was emphasized.

Sino-Pak Dosti Zindabad!

 

[barbarosa]

是中大中国的第二个名字？

 

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中巴海军举行海上联合军事演练?巴战机模拟空袭--军事--人民网
Another official Chinese government news report on the joint Sino-Pakistan Naval exercise.

参加此次演练的中方兵力为导弹护卫舰柳州舰、三亚舰以及舰载直升机1架和特战队员数十名。巴方参演兵力为导弹护卫舰“佐勒菲卡尔”号（舷号251）、“阿斯拉特”号（舷号254），快速攻击艇“扎拉”号（舷号03）以及固定翼巡逻机、舰载直升机各1架和海岸防卫队特战队员数十名，巴空军“幻影2000”战斗机2架。
Translation: Chinese assets include two Type 54A FFGs and a frigate-borne helicopter. Pakistan's assets include two F-22 frigates (FFG-251 & FFG-254), FAC (fast attack craft)-3, one fixed wing reconnaissance plane, one frigate-borne helicopter, over a dozen naval special forces, and two mirage-2000 fighter.

参演双方舰艇首先模拟在港内遭遇“敌”情威胁，组织快速离码头，向外港开阔水域航渡。抵达指定海域后，双方立即组织编队运动、补给占位机动、灯光旗语通信等科目的演练。
Translation: An simulated attack within the mooring harbor was scheduled at the beginning of the joint exercise, with both navies hastily organizing their departure of the harbor towards the cover of deeper waters.

中午12点，联合搜救演练展开。巴海军1架固定翼巡逻机发现落水者后，将位置信息发送给中巴联合编队，由舰艇编队前出救援。演练中，柳州舰直升机听令起飞，低空飞行，搜救落水人员，并引导巴海军“扎拉”号快速攻击艇和“阿斯拉特”号护卫舰前往打捞，成功施救。
Translation: @ noontime, joint maritime SAR began. After the one fixed wing PN reconnaissance plane detected the over-board seamen, the location information was transmitted to the Sino-Pak joint fleet. PLAN frigate Liuzhou launched its frigate-borne helicopter to commence SAR operations while directing PN's FAC and FFG-254 to converge onto the target location.

“发现空中目标！”“组织对空防御！”……下午14时，本次演习的重头戏——协同防空演练，拉开帷幕。由巴空军两架“幻影2000”战斗机组成的攻击机群，高速向编队空袭过来。中巴双方舰艇迅速互通情报信息，并根据协同计划，使用对空作战武器对飞机实施模拟打击。紧接着，编队再次成功处置3批次的空袭目标。
Translation: "Boogie detected!" "Commence Anti-air operations!" @ 1400, joint anti-air operations started. Pakistan Air force's two Mirage-2000 forms into attack formation and charged at the joint fleet in high speed in a mock attack. Chinese and Pakistan ships communicated the target information and formed a coordinated plan to use ship-borne anti-air weapons to commence attack. Afterwards, the joint fleet successfully defeated 3 waves of air attacks.

15时30分，进入联合登临检查阶段。双方各一艘军舰模拟可疑船舶，接受检查。巴海军106号小艇与三亚舰1号艇组成登临小组，搭载双方特战队员，在直升机和母舰的支援配合下，快速抵近目标。随后，双方特战队员紧密协作，相互支援，开展攀爬登船、搜索舱室、控制可疑人员、检查相关文书等工作。
Translation: @ 1530, VBSS (visit, board, search, and seizure) exercise started. One ship from each navy became a simulated suspect vessel that was to be subject to boarding. PN's RHIB-106 and PLAN FFG SANYA's RHIB-1 formed the VBSS team, each carrying its respective boarding party. They approached and boarded the target vessel with the support of the mother ships and helicopters.

 

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是中大中国的第二个名字？

"中" is the abbreviated version of China (中国), just as how "巴“ is the abbreviated version of Pakistan (巴基斯坦）.

You may think of it as how "Pak" is the abbreviated version of "Pakistan".

 

[Cool_Soldier]

Nice move

 

[fatman17]

中巴海军举行海上联合军事演练?巴战机模拟空袭--军事--人民网
Another official Chinese government news report on the joint Sino-Pakistan Naval exercise.

参加此次演练的中方兵力为导弹护卫舰柳州舰、三亚舰以及舰载直升机1架和特战队员数十名。巴方参演兵力为导弹护卫舰“佐勒菲卡尔”号（舷号251）、“阿斯拉特”号（舷号254），快速攻击艇“扎拉”号（舷号03）以及固定翼巡逻机、舰载直升机各1架和海岸防卫队特战队员数十名，巴空军“幻影2000”战斗机2架。
Translation: Chinese assets include two Type 54A FFGs and a frigate-borne helicopter. Pakistan's assets include two F-22 frigates (FFG-251 & FFG-254), FAC (fast attack craft)-3, one fixed wing reconnaissance plane, one frigate-borne helicopter, over a dozen naval special forces, and two mirage-2000 fighter.

参演双方舰艇首先模拟在港内遭遇“敌”情威胁，组织快速离码头，向外港开阔水域航渡。抵达指定海域后，双方立即组织编队运动、补给占位机动、灯光旗语通信等科目的演练。
Translation: An simulated attack within the mooring harbor was scheduled at the beginning of the joint exercise, with both navies hastily organizing their departure of the harbor towards the cover of deeper waters.

中午12点，联合搜救演练展开。巴海军1架固定翼巡逻机发现落水者后，将位置信息发送给中巴联合编队，由舰艇编队前出救援。演练中，柳州舰直升机听令起飞，低空飞行，搜救落水人员，并引导巴海军“扎拉”号快速攻击艇和“阿斯拉特”号护卫舰前往打捞，成功施救。
Translation: @ noontime, joint maritime SAR began. After the one fixed wing PN reconnaissance plane detected the over-board seamen, the location information was transmitted to the Sino-Pak joint fleet. PLAN frigate Liuzhou launched its frigate-borne helicopter to commence SAR operations while directing PN's FAC and FFG-254 to converge onto the target location.

“发现空中目标！”“组织对空防御！”……下午14时，本次演习的重头戏——协同防空演练，拉开帷幕。由巴空军两架“幻影2000”战斗机组成的攻击机群，高速向编队空袭过来。中巴双方舰艇迅速互通情报信息，并根据协同计划，使用对空作战武器对飞机实施模拟打击。紧接着，编队再次成功处置3批次的空袭目标。
Translation: "Boogie detected!" "Commence Anti-air operations!" @ 1400, joint anti-air operations started. Pakistan Air force's two Mirage-2000 forms into attack formation and charged at the joint fleet in high speed in a mock attack. Chinese and Pakistan ships communicated the target information and formed a coordinated plan to use ship-borne anti-air weapons to commence attack. Afterwards, the joint fleet successfully defeated 3 waves of air attacks.

15时30分，进入联合登临检查阶段。双方各一艘军舰模拟可疑船舶，接受检查。巴海军106号小艇与三亚舰1号艇组成登临小组，搭载双方特战队员，在直升机和母舰的支援配合下，快速抵近目标。随后，双方特战队员紧密协作，相互支援，开展攀爬登船、搜索舱室、控制可疑人员、检查相关文书等工作。
Translation: @ 1530, VBSS (visit, board, search, and seizure) exercise started. One ship from each navy became a simulated suspect vessel that was to be subject to boarding. PN's RHIB-106 and PLAN FFG SANYA's RHIB-1 formed the VBSS team, each carrying its respective boarding party. They approached and boarded the target vessel with the support of the mother ships and helicopters.

We don't have Mirage 2000. The Chinese are mistaken

 

[Cool_Soldier]

Yes, they suppose to say Mirage- v which have dedicated naval role.

 

[fatman17]

Pakistan Navy Fokker F27 Transports Landmine Blast Victims

PostSat Jan 09, 2016 6:59 pm

Today Pakistan Navy Fokker F27 Friendship Mark 400M serial number AR-NZW / 75 transported bodies of Pakistan Coast Guard personnel who died when their vehicle hit a landmine in Gwadar. Personnel injured in the blast were also transported by the aircraft.

The aircraft transported them from Gwadar to Karachi where it landed at PNS Mehran Naval Air Station. The injured personnel will receive medical treatment at PNS Shifa in Karachi.

 

[Cool_Soldier]

Sad moment for the nation.May Allah rest them in Heaven_Aamen!

 

[fatman17]

ASIA & PACIFIC

Pakistani Naval Modernization Appears Stalled

By Usman Ansari

Most analysts believe the subs in the China-Pakistan partnership will be the more

ISLAMABAD — Pakistan's naval modernization program appears stalled, with no discernible progress being made on efforts to modernize and expand the surface and sub-surface fleet. This comes amid moves ensure the security of the deepwater port of Gwadar, and fears of mass obsolescence vis-a-vis arch rival India.

Gwadar is the start of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) to link western China to the Middle East and Africa through Pakistan. It will carry commercial goods and energy resources, slashing the time to ship goods to China via the Malacca Straits and South China Sea.

For Pakistan, ensuring maritime security has been of increased concern. Earlier this month, a newly raised battalion of Marines began protecting Gwadar. Author, analyst, and former Australian defense attache to Islamabad Brian Cloughley says this was probably through extra enlistments due to the Marines "already being stretched in commitments."

Ensuring Gwadar's defense has been the theme of recent exercises. A domestic series of drills, Seapark, was held in November and December.

A series of recent bilateral exercises with China's Navy have also been held, the third of which concluded on Tuesday off the Pakistani coast.

It aimed to protect sea lines of communication and the CPEC by improving coordination and interoperability at operational and tactical levels. Chinese ships consisted of two Type-054A frigates (Liuzhou and Sanya) and a replenishment ship (Qinghaihu).

Pakistan participated with warships, helicopters, patrol and fighter aircraft, plus special forces. Air defense, boarding, communication, and joint maneuver drills were carried out.

However, the need to ensure seaward defense of Gwadar has exposed the apparent lack of progress in the Navy's modernization program. The frontline fleet currently consists of three Agosta-90B/Khalid and two Agosta-70 submarines, plus four F-22P/Zulfiquar, one Oliver Hazard Perry, and five ex-British Type-21/Amazon class frigates.

Pakistan has negotiated the purchase of eight AIP-equipped submarines from China, finalizing the deal in October. This was reportedly followed by a domestic frigate and fast attack boat-building program with Chinese assistance.

This latter program was also to include upgrades to the current F-22P class frigates, Pakistan's most modern and capable surface ships even though they are only marginally better than the remaining frigates in being able to protect themselves from missile attack.

Cloughley believes time is running out.

"It seems that the emphasis for the moment is on developing the submarine arm of the Navy, but it is essential for Pakistan's security that it acquire more surface ships, and that a decision on number and type be made this year."

Nothing has as of yet been signed however and despite request for clarification by Defense News there has been no official word on any progress or the programs' status.

This pales in comparison to India, which is fast modernizing and expanding its naval power.

Sam Bateman, an adviser for the Maritime Security Programme at S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies in Singapore, said, "Pakistan has already fallen far behind India in terms of maintaining a level of conventional deterrent/operational effectiveness, and is at risk of falling even further behind."

Bateman, who previously served in Australia's Navy outlines a course of action similar to the stalled modernization program.

"In broad terms, the [Pakistan Navy] has three requirements: frigates, submarines and fast attack craft," he said.

"Looking at its current force structure, my priority for force development would be submarines," he said. "The existing submarine fleet is far short of being an adequate or credible deterrent force. The deterrent value of submarines, as well as their utility for covert surveillance and intelligence collection operations, points to the importance of the [Pakistan Navy] building a credible force."

Therefore Pakistan's "top priority" must be to finalize the submarine deal with China.

Though much emphasis by analysts has been on the state of Pakistan's frigate force Bateman believes the next priority should lie with fast attack craft.

"In a conflict situation, these would be the major surface assets of the [Pakistan Navy]."

Pakistan is currently building further examples of the Azmat class stealthy fast attack craft, but has is believed to be considering something more potent.

News of Pakistan's interest in the Chinese Type-022 'Houbei' was first reported in June. Speaking at the time, Tom Waldwyn of the International Institute for Strategic Studies expressed surprise.

"It would be surprising if Pakistan, or indeed any country, signed a deal to purchase new Type-022s as China stopped production of these vessels several years ago. So any purchase of Type-022s would almost certainly be secondhand vessels," he said.

Adding, "These types of vessels are more suited to littoral environments where they can attack opposing ships at high speed and fire off a barrage of anti-ship missiles. If Pakistan were to acquire these ships that is likely to be how they would be employed."

The state of the frigates has attracted most attention however.

"The current frigate force is just adequate for the [Pakistan Navy's] peacetime requirements, notably sovereignty protection and participation in international coalition and peacekeeping missions, such as the counter-piracy task forces in the Gulf region", said Bateman.

Ideally, he believes two to three further Perry class frigates would help matters "to build up its frigate force to about eight vessels, if the updated F-22P vessels can't be acquired quickly."

However, entrenched hostility toward Pakistan in the US Congress essentially rules this out, and Cloughley believes Pakistan has no real alternatives.

"China is the obvious supplier, as it is unlikely that the US Congress would approve transfer of any surplus vessels, and in any event the US and European countries are concentrating on India as regards provision of military material."

As for the Type-21 class frigates they are essentially obsolete and Bateman says they "should be scrapped."

Modernization of Pakistan's airpower however could help mitigate some of the Navy's shortcomings, especially with the JF-17 Thunder now entering service.

"The JF-17 can carry anti-ship missiles, and it is probable that when the present aircraft of 8 Squadron at Masroor are retired, then they will be replaced by a maritime strike version of the JF-17", said Cloughley.

The JF-17 already equips No. 2 Squadron also based at Masroor, and can carry a brace of C-802A/CSS-N-8 Saccade anti-ship missiles.


Gannett 2016

 

[fatman17]

Jinnah Naval Base – Navy expands strategic outreach to West Coast, Persian Gulf

National
JANUARY 14, 2016

BY MIAN ABRAR

While China and Pakistan endeavour to develop Gwadar Port as a commercial hub for the entire region, Pakistan Navy is gearing up to new face challenges and threats which might come its way after the port become functional; the navy has fully operationalised its strategic Jinnah Naval Base near Gwadar Port at Ormara, Balochistan.

India has increased its naval strength in recent years and aims at transforming itself into a ‘blue-water navy’ within the next 10 to 15 years. By 2022, the Indian Navy will have 50 warships including three aircraft carriers, five nuclear submarines, 22 conventional submarines and a number of long range maritime patrol aircraft.

India acquired a nuclear submarine (Akula-II) from Russia in April, 2012. A second nuclear submarine of the same class will be inducted soon. Moreover, the sea trials of its indigenous nuclear submarines are also in progress. Pakistani defence establishment is looking at this induction of nuclear submarines in Indian fleet as a cause of great concern.

With minimal budgetary allocations, Pakistan Navy is quietly relying on minimum deterrence to counter any external threat. Jinnah base may just be the answer to Pakistan’s prayers.

The base is situated 350 km west of Karachi and 285 km east of the Gwadar Port, and has been connected with China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC).

“With the development of this base, Pakistan has acquired the capacity to secure naval trade in these waters. Moreover, we have expanded Pakistan naval forces’ outreach towards the west coast into the Strait of Hormuz where all the oil traffic flows in and out,” an officer at the base told Pakistan Today during a recent visit to the base at Ormara which is otherwise restricted for media.

“Karachi would remain our focus for the foreseeable future. However, Jinnah base would reduce reaction time of Pakistan Navy to six to 8 hours in case of any adversity,” the officer said, adding that the base had a berthing facility “for anything from warships to submarines and from heavy ships to warplanes”.

Asked whether or not Gwadar would also act as a naval base for Pakistan, the officer said that Gwadar would act purely as a commercial base.

“Though Pakistan Navy has a small base at Gwadar, its main focus would be security of Gwadar. Jinnah base, on the other hand, would be a purely naval base which would help maritime forces monitor the entire coastal area from Ormara to the Gulf waters,” the officer said.

Rear Admiral (r) Pervez Asghar, an expert on naval defence, told Pakistan Today that Pakistan Navy had developed four bases along the coastal areas of Balochistan including Ormara, Pasni, Jewani and Gwadar which had helped expand its ‘strategic outreach’ towards the west coast.

“In the past, we only had one [naval] base at Karachi and our military installations were vulnerable to any Indian adventure. However, with the development of these new bases towards the west coast, not only do we have alternative options to defend our positions, our reaction time has also decreased significantly in case of any attack,” the retired naval admiral said.

He said that the navy now also had a submarine base at Ormara. “We have developed Pakistan marine corps to thwart enemy designs of amphibious landing around the coastal areas,” he added.

“Pakistan Navy is now well placed to secure all sea lines of communications (SLOCs) emanating from the Persian gulf towards Pakistan. Moreover, the naval infrastructure including Radars and communication gadgets, have now been able to overlap each other – a capability we had severely missed in the past,” he added.

He said that the new bases had also helped secure Gwadar Port as there was no military presence on the port due to its being commercial in nature.

“Now, navy’s special forces are better placed in Ormara to secure Gwadar Port and nearby sea routes. Moreover, Ormara base would also help neutralise the enemy’s narrative that they would be able to block Karachi’s harbour in case of a showdown,” he added.

Asghar said that Pakistan had also developed a jump-off base for Pakistan’s maritime aircraft at Pasni.

He said that Pakistan Navy had recently raised another naval station at Turbat, namely PNS Siddiq for P-3c Orion aircraft.

“These P-3cs are capable of flying over 14 hours nonstop without refueling. They have stealth technology and can fly below the radar and strike India’s Eastern coast. Pakistan Navy has also developed Naval Base Jewani, about 60 km from Iran to help expand its outreach into the Gulf waters,” he added.

Jinnah base would act as an alternative option for Pakistan Navy to Karachi where all the logistic and technical support for berthing navy’s ships and even submarines were available.

“We have developed the required facilities for technical repair of ships and submarines at the base. It is an alternative arrangement to the Karachi base and can easily meet our defence requirements. However, Karachi dockyard would still be the center for major overhaul or repair,” the Jinnah base officer said.

The officer said that during the next five years, navy plans to develop huge workshops at Ormara, which would also have the ability to overhaul submarines and warships.

He said that the Jinnah base’s positioning provided cover against natural calamities and enemy’s advances as it was covered by sea on two sides and a 2 km wide hill stood on the third.

On the top of the hill, called `Hammer Mountain’ due to its shape, Navy’s surveillance unit RDS-Mianwali is stationed to help the officers keep an eye on movements taking place in and around the area.

Since the Karachi coast has become a hub of commercial activity, making it difficult for the Navy to perform its tasks and the industrial waste in Karachi’s waters has been damaging the Navy’s assets and reducing the life of the ships, Ormara is a better option for future Naval operations.

The law and order situation in the entire coastal belt is far better than other parts of the restive Balochistan province as well as Karachi where Rangers along with other paramilitary forces is involved in a clean-up operation.

Jewani, with a population of around 100,000 people and approximately 90 km away from Gwadar Port City, serves as a main surveillance point for Pakistan Navy to keep an eye on all the maritime traffic in the Arabian Sea.

Due to proximity of the area with Iran, many inhabitants of the area are duel nationals and can freely visit Iran on a mere permit from the deputy commissioner.

But navy has also has reached out to the locals in the area to win hearts and minds of the Baloch people. It has set up educational and health facilities, many of which provide free of cost services to the local people. Under Chief of Naval Staff’s scheme ‘Adopt A Child’, navy officers are paying educational and other expenses of 100 children in the area. The navy also provides jobs to locals in their facilities.

The navy operates a PN Hospital in Ormara which contains facilities like emergency department, trauma center, intensive care unit, labour room, operation theatre and a pharmacy.

A Navy Cadet College has also been set up the area, where 50 per cent of the admissions are offered to candidates from within Balochistan under a district-quota system. The other 50 per cent seats are offered to candidates from other provinces of the country.

A Bahria Model School is also working in the area to impart education to Baloch children. The school runs on donations and financial support of the provincial government.

Mian Abrar

The writer heads Pakistan Today's Islamabad Bureau. He has a special focus on counter-terrorism and inter-state relations in Asia, Asia Pacific and South East Asia regions.

 

[Inception-06]

Very clear and informative map !

 

[fatman17]

Launching Ceremony of Landing Craft Mechanized (LCM)



An in-house Launching Ceremony of Landing Craft Mechanized (LCM) being built for Pakistan Navy was held at Karachi Shipyard & Engineering Works on 29 Dec. 2015.

Rear Admiral Syed Hasan Nasir Shah HI(M) Managing Director Karachi Shipyard & Engineering Works was the Chief Guest.

 

[alimobin memon]

Two AZMAT Fast crafts are almost complete and also the tanker seems to have been completed to the level of the body.

In Maps google i see a ship altogether with other frigates which seems to be rugged and corrosive completely.

On the other hand KSEW seems to be big enough to handle the needs of F23 requirement for PN ... yes budget I guess :/

 

[fatman17]

CNS is visiting the UK and PN may revive interest in the Type 23 FFGs which have been retired by the RN.