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Friday, October 17, 2008

Pak Navy to acquire four frigates from China

As part of its plans to acquire modern warships, the Pakistan Navy will acquire four frigates from China by 2011 and the first of these vessels will be inducted into the force next year.

"Four F-22P Frigates, being manufactured in China, will be included in the fleet of the Pakistan Navy by 2011," Commodore Kamran Khan, commander of the navy's destroyer squadron, told reporters on board the warship PNS Babar in the Arabian Sea today.

Under a plan to modernise its fleet by 2025, the Pakistan Navy will acquire modern submarines, warships and aircraft, he said.

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