Re: Pakistan Additional Ordering China-F22P four frigates [Photo]
Pakistan is supposed to license manufacture them but I don't think we have the industrial structure to completely make whole ships yet. Even the Agostas that Pakistan made had their engines etc come from France and the hull was made for a cheaper price in pakistan.
Re: Pakistan Additional Ordering China-F22P four frigates [Photo]
Even China doesn't have the technology. Read up on F-22P. It has Russian 76mm gun. Pak Navy doesn't trust 100mm Chinese gun on this Frigate. The same goes for SAM and other missiles. China reverse engineered French Crotale and named it HQ-7.
Pakistan will pay $600 to $750 million of hard earned money and buy the hull design for one frigate.
Re: Pakistan Additional Ordering China-F22P four frigates [Photo]
This is the latest news.
This is to increase the purchase of four new version of
Because of poor English
So I can not place information translated into English
Below are the Chinese news text and addresses
Learn Chinese friends to help translate the
According to "Pakistan Ministry of National Defense" Web site on April 29, Pakistan has decided to purchase four additional F22P type ( "Jiang Wei," Class II) frigate. The report said the four newly purchased ship with Pakistan in 2005 ordered four compared with a displacement from the original 2,400 tons to 3,000 tons, shipboard weapons at the same level has been further improved and enhanced. Under the contract, all of the eight-F22P frigates will be delivered in six years. Four of them will be in Karachi, Pakistan shipyard production. Currently, the construction has an expected completion in 2008.
According to "Pakistan Ministry of National Defense" Web site on April 29, Pakistan has decided to purchase four additional F22P type ( "Jiang Wei," Class II) frigate. The report said the four newly purchased ship with Pakistan in 2005 ordered four compared with a displacement from the original 2,400 tons to 3,000 tons, shipboard weapons at the same level has been further improved and enhanced. Under the contract, all of the eight-F22P frigates will be delivered in six years. Four of them will be in Karachi, Pakistan shipyard production. Currently, the construction has an expected completion in 2008.
I see what you are saying now. So Pak Navy has added 4 more to the original 4 making the total to be 8.
Re: Pakistan Additional Ordering China-F22P four frigates [Photo]
^^ Thats an overkill. +the Saudis are only going to buy them, not manufacture them. So, we wouldn't have much chance of getting a manufacturing license from the French, which provides more local jobs & experience in ship-building.
Re: Pakistan Additional Ordering China-F22P four frigates [Photo]
I believe Saudis had a plan for some "license manufacturing" [makings hulls like us]. With the upcoming Gawadar port, we need some presence in the sea and corvettes would be preferred choice considering frigates and destroyers are much expensive and out of reach of PN's budget.
PS Negotiations with saudis and french shouldn't hurt.