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Pakistan Army officially received new ground-to-air defence missile system
Pakistan Army has officially received new LY-80 ground-to-air defence missile system on Sunday, that was reported by Inter-Services Public Relations(ISPR) reported.
Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa was chief guest at the Induction Ceremony of LOMADS, held at Army Auditorium here on Sunday, according to Inter Services Public Relations press release.
LY-80 is a Chinese mobile Air Defence system, capable of tracking and destroying variety of aerial targets at longer ranges, flying at low and medium altitude.
The COAS said that LY-80 LOMADS increases response capability to current and emerging air defence threats.
Earlier, on arrival, the COAS was received by Lieutenant General Muhammad Zahid Latif Mirza, Commander Army Air Defence Command.
The Pakistan Ministry of Defence Production disclosed that the armed forces had ordered six LY-80 (also named HQ-16) surface-to-air missile (SAM) systems from China for $373 million U.S. in fiscal year 2014-2015.
The LY-80 is a Chinese-made ground-to-air defence missile system. The LY-80 is able to engage aerial targets at high altitude; the mid-range LY-80 is also able to intercept very low-flying targets at a distance of up to about 40 kilometers.
The missile itself carries a 70kg warhead and is guided by a semi-active radar-homing (SARH) seeker (which will work in conjunction with the SAM system’s tracking and guidance radar).
The LY-80 missile can hit targets of an altitude from 400 to 10,000 meters.
Pakistan Army has officially received new LY-80 ground-to-air defence missile system on Sunday, that was reported by Inter-Services Public Relations(ISPR) reported.
Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa was chief guest at the Induction Ceremony of LOMADS, held at Army Auditorium here on Sunday, according to Inter Services Public Relations press release.
LY-80 is a Chinese mobile Air Defence system, capable of tracking and destroying variety of aerial targets at longer ranges, flying at low and medium altitude.
The COAS said that LY-80 LOMADS increases response capability to current and emerging air defence threats.
Earlier, on arrival, the COAS was received by Lieutenant General Muhammad Zahid Latif Mirza, Commander Army Air Defence Command.
The Pakistan Ministry of Defence Production disclosed that the armed forces had ordered six LY-80 (also named HQ-16) surface-to-air missile (SAM) systems from China for $373 million U.S. in fiscal year 2014-2015.
The LY-80 is a Chinese-made ground-to-air defence missile system. The LY-80 is able to engage aerial targets at high altitude; the mid-range LY-80 is also able to intercept very low-flying targets at a distance of up to about 40 kilometers.
The missile itself carries a 70kg warhead and is guided by a semi-active radar-homing (SARH) seeker (which will work in conjunction with the SAM system’s tracking and guidance radar).
The LY-80 missile can hit targets of an altitude from 400 to 10,000 meters.
timepass
Brigadier
Pakistan Receives The Biggest Ship in Its History
With the consistent expansion and development of sea ports especially with the deep sea container terminal, Pakistan is now capable of handling the largest container ships afloat today at par with the most advanced container terminals in developed countries.
The biggest and deepest vessel berthing ever was recorded with a draft of 14 meters in Pakistan at South Asia Pakistan Terminals (SAPT) recently. This was recorded by the container vessel Hyundai Long Beach when it sailed from SAPT recently.
According to the port authorities, this is the first time in the history of Pakistan that a container ship with such huge depth was at berth in any port in Pakistan. Previously, vessels with a draft up to 13 meters were berthed at Karachi Port and at Port Bin Qasim.
Accordingly, SAPT offloaded import cargo of 1,227 containers and loaded export cargo of 1,745 containers on the said ship.
With the near completion of ongoing dredging activities at Karachi Port, KPT officials are of the view that vessels up to 15.5 meters draft can now be handled at Karachi Port at the new SAPT facility.
SAPT is a US $1.4 billion BOT project of Hong Kong based Hutchison Port Holdings, the world’s biggest container terminal operator.
At present, the dredging activities at the deep sea containers terminal are at its conclusive stage, hoping to meet the target depth of 16 meters which will make Karachi Port capable of handle the biggest container vessels with a draft length of nearly 15.5 meter and containers capacity of over 18,000 TEUs.
It is pertinent to mention here that cargo handling has been in full swing at SAPT since early December 2016.
Experts within the shipping industry are of the view that the arrival of deep draft vessels has broken the barrier limit in Pakistan, which was previously constrained by inherent factors limiting the size of vessels that could call to the port.
With the available facility in Pakistan, traders now have an option to expedite their consignments with the operating deep draft vessels of various shipping companies which will save their time and money in the future.
Pakistan has witnessed consistent and double-digit growth of handling cargo volumes during the past couple of years, which has been outstanding to surpass growth of various countries. It is predicted that growth of volumes is likely to outpace in the future given the stable economy and trade output of the country.
With the consistent expansion and development of sea ports especially with the deep sea container terminal, Pakistan is now capable of handling the largest container ships afloat today at par with the most advanced container terminals in developed countries.
The biggest and deepest vessel berthing ever was recorded with a draft of 14 meters in Pakistan at South Asia Pakistan Terminals (SAPT) recently. This was recorded by the container vessel Hyundai Long Beach when it sailed from SAPT recently.
According to the port authorities, this is the first time in the history of Pakistan that a container ship with such huge depth was at berth in any port in Pakistan. Previously, vessels with a draft up to 13 meters were berthed at Karachi Port and at Port Bin Qasim.
Accordingly, SAPT offloaded import cargo of 1,227 containers and loaded export cargo of 1,745 containers on the said ship.
With the near completion of ongoing dredging activities at Karachi Port, KPT officials are of the view that vessels up to 15.5 meters draft can now be handled at Karachi Port at the new SAPT facility.
SAPT is a US $1.4 billion BOT project of Hong Kong based Hutchison Port Holdings, the world’s biggest container terminal operator.
At present, the dredging activities at the deep sea containers terminal are at its conclusive stage, hoping to meet the target depth of 16 meters which will make Karachi Port capable of handle the biggest container vessels with a draft length of nearly 15.5 meter and containers capacity of over 18,000 TEUs.
It is pertinent to mention here that cargo handling has been in full swing at SAPT since early December 2016.
Experts within the shipping industry are of the view that the arrival of deep draft vessels has broken the barrier limit in Pakistan, which was previously constrained by inherent factors limiting the size of vessels that could call to the port.
With the available facility in Pakistan, traders now have an option to expedite their consignments with the operating deep draft vessels of various shipping companies which will save their time and money in the future.
Pakistan has witnessed consistent and double-digit growth of handling cargo volumes during the past couple of years, which has been outstanding to surpass growth of various countries. It is predicted that growth of volumes is likely to outpace in the future given the stable economy and trade output of the country.
asif iqbal
Lieutenant General
50th C130?
Pakistan does not have 50 units ??
Pakistan does not have 50 units ??
Dizasta1
Senior Member
I believe there is an error in reporting. Pakistan Air Force has between 14-16 C-130s, not 50. The overhaul of aircraft in PAF's C-130 inventory is the 50th one, but it does not imply that we have 50 C-130s.
An aircraft can under go several overhauls in its life span. For example, PAF's Mirage fleet has undergone several overhauls at intermediary periods consisting major and minor overhauls. Air Forces differ in their aircraft's MRO cycles depending the air force's fleet structure.
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asif iqbal
Lieutenant General
Dizasta Ah yes correct makes sense that was bit misleading !
asif iqbal
Lieutenant General
Nope PAF has operated C130 since 1962/63 that's almost going on 55 years
So even one every year would make sense