Excellently put.
However, I am confused on certain issues, regarding the navy, everyone here, certainly the most are hell bent on acquiring this order and that order, larger frigate or a new destroyer, almost everyone seems to be ignoring what to me seems so obvious. That, with the Jinnah class project, it seems, it is highly likely to be the Pakistan navy's equivalent of JF17 project, incrementally develop the project. They have a core design on which to build on.
4 type 22s,
4 type 054s,
4 Milgems,
2+6? OPV type corvettes,
Plus the Jinnah class,
starting with a certain number, the size of frigates, and a further development, from the same core design to a heavy frigate or a light destroyer. More about developing core competencies and domestic capacities, rather than forever rely on imports.
Imports to be used for filling capability gaps, but using domestic capacity for core strengths, that can only be achieved, if the navy concentres and develops the Jinnah class project, and not look to imports to fulfil every need.
As with the argument regarding the J10CE, or whichever version, that project would take away resources and concentrated effort from the JF17 and project AZM, it seems the same logic would apply to the navy. We have the most ambitious naval development program in our history, that gives us capabilities we have never had, with this milestone firmly in place, it seem logic to concentrate on the Jinnah class project, and allow it to develop so that we can breed domestic capacities.
This seems so obvious, that's why I am surprised this line of thinking hasn't gained traction among the members here. After all, surely we don't wish to rely on import to fulfil our needs forever.