Pakistan Military News, Reports, Data, etc.
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PAKISTAN’S MODP MET TURKISH, DUTCH AMBASSADORS, UKRAINIAN OFFICIALS
On 12 and 13 February, Pakistan’s Minister of Defence Production (MoDP) Rana Tanveer Hussain met with the Ambassadors of Turkey and the Netherlands along with Ukrainian defence industry officials.
In his meeting with Palvo Bukin, the Director General of the Ukrainian state-owned arms trading company Ukrspecexport and Alexander Khlan, the Director General of the Malyshev Factory, Hussain reiterated that Pakistan valued its ties with Ukraine ().
The Malyshev Factory is to an Oplot-M main battle tank (MBT) to Pakistan for trials, where it will be run against the VT4 MBT supplied by China’s NORINCO. Besides this, Heavy Industries Taxila (HIT) 6TD-2 1,200 hp diesel engines from the Malyshev Factory for use on the al-Khalid MBT series.
On 12 February, Hussain met with Turkey’s Ambassador to Pakistan İhsan Mustafa Yurdakul. In addition to discussing the sale of 52 Pakistan Aeronautical Complex (PAC) Super Mushshak trainers to Turkey, he lauded Pakistan’s defence ties with Turkey.
In his official visit to Turkey in November 2017, Hussain told Turkey’s state-owned news agency that negotiations for the T129 attack helicopters and MILGEM corvettes were in the final stages. Pakistan is interested in procuring four MILGEM corvettes and 30 T129s.
Also on 12 February, Hussain met with the Dutch Ambassador to Pakistan, Ardi Stoios-Braken. According to a press statement from the MoDP, Hussain called for “establishing joint ventures related to the defence productions” involving the respective industries of the Netherlands and Pakistan.
Damen Shipyards and Thales Nederlands are leading Dutch suppliers, with Pakistan procuring solutions from both. In June 2017, the Pakistan Navy two offshore patrol vessels (OPV) from Damen Shipyards, one of which is to be constructed at Karachi Shipyard & Engineering Works.
Based on the specifications provided by the Pakistan Navy – i.e. a displacement of 1,900 tons, length of 90 m and maximum speed of 22 knots – the new OPVs could be a variant of the . Pakistan plans to use the OPVs for “(sic) Anti Surface, Anti Air Operations, Maritime Security Operations, Day and Night Helicopter Operations, Combat Search and Rescue and Surveillance and Intelligence Gathering.”
Public export/import logs the Pakistan Navy importing ‘radar equipment’ from Thales Nederland, it is unclear exactly what is being procured (with deliveries occurring as late as January 2018).
Import records of the Pakistan Navy showing deliveries from Thales Nederland:
Increasing bilateral cooperation would likely expand upon these transactions, which can involve additional OPV purchases (and/or cutters, auxiliary ships and other solutions) from Damen Shipyards. Likewise, the PN could consider including Thales Nederland as a prospective radar supplier for new surface combatants.
On 12 and 13 February, Pakistan’s Minister of Defence Production (MoDP) Rana Tanveer Hussain met with the Ambassadors of Turkey and the Netherlands along with Ukrainian defence industry officials.
In his meeting with Palvo Bukin, the Director General of the Ukrainian state-owned arms trading company Ukrspecexport and Alexander Khlan, the Director General of the Malyshev Factory, Hussain reiterated that Pakistan valued its ties with Ukraine ().
The Malyshev Factory is to an Oplot-M main battle tank (MBT) to Pakistan for trials, where it will be run against the VT4 MBT supplied by China’s NORINCO. Besides this, Heavy Industries Taxila (HIT) 6TD-2 1,200 hp diesel engines from the Malyshev Factory for use on the al-Khalid MBT series.
On 12 February, Hussain met with Turkey’s Ambassador to Pakistan İhsan Mustafa Yurdakul. In addition to discussing the sale of 52 Pakistan Aeronautical Complex (PAC) Super Mushshak trainers to Turkey, he lauded Pakistan’s defence ties with Turkey.
In his official visit to Turkey in November 2017, Hussain told Turkey’s state-owned news agency that negotiations for the T129 attack helicopters and MILGEM corvettes were in the final stages. Pakistan is interested in procuring four MILGEM corvettes and 30 T129s.
Also on 12 February, Hussain met with the Dutch Ambassador to Pakistan, Ardi Stoios-Braken. According to a press statement from the MoDP, Hussain called for “establishing joint ventures related to the defence productions” involving the respective industries of the Netherlands and Pakistan.
Damen Shipyards and Thales Nederlands are leading Dutch suppliers, with Pakistan procuring solutions from both. In June 2017, the Pakistan Navy two offshore patrol vessels (OPV) from Damen Shipyards, one of which is to be constructed at Karachi Shipyard & Engineering Works.
Based on the specifications provided by the Pakistan Navy – i.e. a displacement of 1,900 tons, length of 90 m and maximum speed of 22 knots – the new OPVs could be a variant of the . Pakistan plans to use the OPVs for “(sic) Anti Surface, Anti Air Operations, Maritime Security Operations, Day and Night Helicopter Operations, Combat Search and Rescue and Surveillance and Intelligence Gathering.”
Public export/import logs the Pakistan Navy importing ‘radar equipment’ from Thales Nederland, it is unclear exactly what is being procured (with deliveries occurring as late as January 2018).
Import records of the Pakistan Navy showing deliveries from Thales Nederland:
Increasing bilateral cooperation would likely expand upon these transactions, which can involve additional OPV purchases (and/or cutters, auxiliary ships and other solutions) from Damen Shipyards. Likewise, the PN could consider including Thales Nederland as a prospective radar supplier for new surface combatants.
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Sorry, no gas for India without Pakistan....Interior Minister...
Pakistan can and should apply brakes on the multi billion dollar TAPI gas pipeline project, which is lead by the US, built by France & remains a vital energy project for India & Afghanistan; Let them smell the coffee.
Pakistan can and should apply brakes on the multi billion dollar TAPI gas pipeline project, which is lead by the US, built by France & remains a vital energy project for India & Afghanistan; Let them smell the coffee.
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PAKISTAN PREPARES FOR INDUCTING AH-1Z ATTACK HELICOPTERS
The Pakistan Army’s Military Engineer Services (MES) branch a tender calling for the construction of a hangar, connecting tarmacs and organizational and intermediate-level maintenance facilities for the Textron Bell Helicopter AH-1Z Viper.
Tenders are to be submitted to the Pakistan Army Engineer-in-Chief at general headquarters in Rawalpindi by 15 March 2018. The new facilities are to be built at the Pakistan Army Aviation Corps’ (PAA) airbase in Multan in Punjab. The total value of the AH-1Z-related construction work at Multan is $5.3 million U.S.
The Pakistan Army has 12 AH-1Z on order from a contract approved by the U.S. State Department in 2015 for 15 AH-1Z and 1,000 AGM-114R anti-tank guided missiles (ATGM) worth $952 million. Pakistan issued orders for the aircraft in August 2015 (three) and April 2016 (nine).
Recent tension between Islamabad and Washington regarding the transfer of (or lack thereof) Coalition Support Funds (CSF) and Foreign Military Financing (FMF) in-exchange for Pakistan’s counterterrorism and counterinsurgency efforts in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) cast uncertainty on whether the AH-1Z would be delivered. However, Bell Helicopter that production of Pakistan’s aircraft is slated to continue, though it did not provide an update on when the first three aircraft will be delivered.
The MES tender suggests that the program is continuing and that the AH-1Z will factor into the PAA’s fleet in the near-term. However, this would apply to delivery, it is not known when the AH-1Z would be cleared for forward deployment and combat operations.
In addition to AH-1Z infrastructure, the MES tender also requires for the construction of an igloo for the LY-80 low-to-medium-range air defence system (LOMADS) at Khanewal. Khanewal is 40-45 km away from Multan, coinciding with the range of the LY-80 surface-to-air missile (SAM) system (40 km).
The Pakistan Army the LY-80 in March 2017, following two separate orders for the SAM system in 2013-2014 ($260 m) and 2014-2015 ($373 m) from China Precision Machinery Import and Export Corporation. In total, nine LY-80 systems were ordered.
The LY-80 uses a semi-active radar-homing missile with a range of 40 km. An LY-80 system uses an S-band passive electronically-scanned array (PESA) target-search radar (IBIS-150) with a range of 150 km. This is complemented by multiple L-band target-tracking and missile-guidance PESA radars, each with a range of 85 km and capacity to track up to four targets.
The Pakistan Army’s Military Engineer Services (MES) branch a tender calling for the construction of a hangar, connecting tarmacs and organizational and intermediate-level maintenance facilities for the Textron Bell Helicopter AH-1Z Viper.
Tenders are to be submitted to the Pakistan Army Engineer-in-Chief at general headquarters in Rawalpindi by 15 March 2018. The new facilities are to be built at the Pakistan Army Aviation Corps’ (PAA) airbase in Multan in Punjab. The total value of the AH-1Z-related construction work at Multan is $5.3 million U.S.
The Pakistan Army has 12 AH-1Z on order from a contract approved by the U.S. State Department in 2015 for 15 AH-1Z and 1,000 AGM-114R anti-tank guided missiles (ATGM) worth $952 million. Pakistan issued orders for the aircraft in August 2015 (three) and April 2016 (nine).
Recent tension between Islamabad and Washington regarding the transfer of (or lack thereof) Coalition Support Funds (CSF) and Foreign Military Financing (FMF) in-exchange for Pakistan’s counterterrorism and counterinsurgency efforts in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) cast uncertainty on whether the AH-1Z would be delivered. However, Bell Helicopter that production of Pakistan’s aircraft is slated to continue, though it did not provide an update on when the first three aircraft will be delivered.
The MES tender suggests that the program is continuing and that the AH-1Z will factor into the PAA’s fleet in the near-term. However, this would apply to delivery, it is not known when the AH-1Z would be cleared for forward deployment and combat operations.
In addition to AH-1Z infrastructure, the MES tender also requires for the construction of an igloo for the LY-80 low-to-medium-range air defence system (LOMADS) at Khanewal. Khanewal is 40-45 km away from Multan, coinciding with the range of the LY-80 surface-to-air missile (SAM) system (40 km).
The Pakistan Army the LY-80 in March 2017, following two separate orders for the SAM system in 2013-2014 ($260 m) and 2014-2015 ($373 m) from China Precision Machinery Import and Export Corporation. In total, nine LY-80 systems were ordered.
The LY-80 uses a semi-active radar-homing missile with a range of 40 km. An LY-80 system uses an S-band passive electronically-scanned array (PESA) target-search radar (IBIS-150) with a range of 150 km. This is complemented by multiple L-band target-tracking and missile-guidance PESA radars, each with a range of 85 km and capacity to track up to four targets.
Dizasta1
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Pakistan Navy ought to look into establishing a Naval Air Wing sometime in the future. Dedicated combat aircraft which have both range, power and weapons to maintain Air Dominance over the Arabian Sea.
If the development of the JF-17 Thunder is anything to go by. Then it wouldn't be too far fetched an idea to have a Naval Variant of the Thunder which may phase in with a future Block-IV Thunder. This could facilitate larger airframe, with greater wing-surface, increased hard-points, more fuel capacity. A Block-IV could also fill in the gap left where Pakistan Air Force needs a greater range and payload combat aircraft.
Food for thought!
If the development of the JF-17 Thunder is anything to go by. Then it wouldn't be too far fetched an idea to have a Naval Variant of the Thunder which may phase in with a future Block-IV Thunder. This could facilitate larger airframe, with greater wing-surface, increased hard-points, more fuel capacity. A Block-IV could also fill in the gap left where Pakistan Air Force needs a greater range and payload combat aircraft.
Food for thought!
Z-10 in practice session over Islamabad for Pakistan Day Parade - 23rd March....
I am wondering what is the status of these Z-10's in Pakistan Army Aviation?
Does any body has any idea?