I was on a warship visit and only thing that was productive that I got the overview of F-22P upgrades. Sonar, Combat management systems, Electronic Warfare Systems and Missile Systems are upgraded.
They didnt get into what missile upgrade happened but they are using C-802A
Regarding SAM system, FM-90 N, they are in talks with germany to replace fm-90 with german system. I was amazed and asked why not go for VLS, they said no place and time to install it on f-22p, but if talks materializes, they go for german sam on F-22p
They made an off the cuff remark that there was helicopter deal that was cancelled from our side during TLP issues ( more like collapsed) but we looking for helicopters
Then they said something startling, something recently happened, " Phaar ke rakh di thi unki" and " something we are not comfortable to disclose" reminded me
@PanzerKiel comment few weeks ago who said something similar, that something happened that he cant disclose too.
They didnt disclose whether that thing happened onshore or offshore
There is a good reason why Harbah is not rolled out fleet wide and its partially inducted. No its not related to its long range or advanced sensors or F22p or type 54 targeting sensors cant fire it. And thats why Navy going for P-282 supersonic. Most probably on milgem, definitely on Jinnah and CM-302 on type 54.
The kind of troll visitations we receive so im keeping the reason to myself
Link Green is deployed on major surface warships, FACM, support ships, Hardware is installed fleetwide but software and applications running are for major warships. Network centric Warfare is next major thing for navy. On the question of integration with airforce, Combined Operations Picture (COP) Is sent to HQ, Each sector/unit/fleet does this, And that COP in HQ is integrated with AF HQ. So PAF and PN integration exists on Higher level as of now. No low level, fleet or sector integrated directly with PAF assets
FACM -1 , the first one commisioned, they installed new 30 mm turkish gun on it recently.
@Tipu7 twitter feed has that video. I asked if it would be done on all FACM, he said possibility exist depending on budget. And Why Harba is not rolled out on FACM-1 AND 2? He gave another reason in addition to one i heard above. But i'll keep it to myself once again
INS kolkata refused to give me a tour. But man, it is loaded. With sensors
