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Pakistan's Jinnah class frigate is in the detail design phase under the leadership of ASFAT
Design activities for the Pakistan Navy's future frigate class Jinnah continue. Design activities continue in Pakistan under the leadership of ASFAT, the main contractor of PN MİLGEM. In the statement, it was stated that the design activities in question were within the scope of the Offset of the PN MİLGEM project. In the statement, " The Jinnah Class Frigate (JCF) design, which is the Offset project of the PN MILGEM (Pakistan Milgem) project, continues under the leadership of ASFAT, together with the Pakistan Navy Design Office - PDW (Pakistan Design Wing)." It was said. It was also stated that the detailed design process has started and said, “Offset project; It has completed the concept design phase and is in the detail design phase.” It was said.
The construction process of all PN Milgem ships, 4 of which were customized according to Pakistani requirements and requested to be built from Turkish and Pakistani shipyards, continues. ASFAT Marine Platforms Technical Manager PN shared the latest developments about the ships of the Milgem project.
PNS BABUR, the first PN Milgem ship, entered the dry dock at the Istanbul Shipyard Command on January 11, 2022, and will begin port tests after a planned and long dry docking process. The construction of the third PN Milgem ship, PNS BADR, continues at full speed in Karachi. Work continues to launch the ship in Karachi in the first half of 2022. The construction of the second and fourth PN Milgem ships, PNS KHAIBAR and PNS TARIQ, is also continuing.
The Quiet Rise of the Pakistan Navy (Part 1)
In September 2023, the Pakistan Navy (PN) gifted PNS Tariq – the lead ship of the Type 21s, it bought from the Royal Navy (RN) in the 1990s – to Falls of Cycle International. Not only did the hand...
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