Armée Pakistanaise / Pakistani Armed Forces (PAF)

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Encore un contrat de perdu pour la France

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Pakistan Selects German Submarines


Pakistan to buy German subs, ignore French



KARACHI: In a departure from the past practice of acquiring submarines from France, Pakistan will buy three German Type 214 submarines.

Walter Freitag, the chief executive officer of the HDW, the largest conventional submarine maker in the world, told The News on Tuesday in an exclusive interview at the IDEAS 2008 here that his company had finalised technical specifications with the navy to build three Type 214 submarines in Pakistan.

The commercial contract has been finalised up to 95 per cent, he said, hoping the final contract in this regard will be signed soon. This is the first time that a clear picture of the billion-dollar deal that the Pakistan Navy is expected to sign in coming months has emerged. Earlier, during mid-90s, the navy had selected three French Agosta 90-B submarines, which were in addition to the two acquired earlier. The deal had generated a lot of controversy at that time.

This time French firm Armaris had offered to supply Pakistan three updated single-hulled, diesel-electric submarines all-French version of the Franco-Spanish Scorpene boat equipped with air-independent propulsion, a deal totalling about $1.2 billion.

However, Walter Freitag said he did not see that kind of controversy enveloping this project perceived during the 90s. The Pakistan Navy understands submarines and ours are the best, he said, rejecting claims of competitors that the Greek Navy had rejected Type 214.

In the Hellenic Navys case, a neutral surveyor was appointed, who decided that the submarine was technically OK and ready for commissioning, he said. The HDW CEO said the Type 214 was technologically more advanced than those of competitors. We use higher grade steel material, which allows greater diving depth, he said. Also, we have fuel cell AIPs and can integrate Harpoons with the Type 214.

The first submarine would be delivered to the Pakistan Navy in 64 months after signing of the contract while the rest would be completed successively in 12 months. Walter Freitag stated that they would be using facilities at the Karachi Shipyard for building Type 214 and minimal upgrade would be required. He added that the Type 214 was 100 per cent German and there was no chance of embargo on it in any case.

Meanwhile, authoritative sources told The News that the decision to acquire Type 214 over the French submarine was made not only because the submarine was more advanced than the French Marlin, but also because many countries had deployed the Type 214 submarines, so there would be no issue of spares.

They said Turkey would be acquiring six Type 214s, South Korea had ordered six more in addition to three ordered earlier, Portugal had bought two, besides several bought by the German Navy. As such, supportability for the Type 214 for the next 30-35 years would not be a major concern.

http://www.thenews.com.pk

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Pakistan tests Shaheen-III missile that could carry nuclear war to every part of India

Pakistan has test-fired a ballistic missile that is capable of carrying a nuclear warhead to every part of India, another escalation in Islamabad's effort to keep pace with its neighbouring rival's formidable military advances.

Pakistani military leaders said the Shaheen-III missile has a range of up to 2700 kilometres, which could enable it to reach deep into the Middle East, including Israel.

After the missile was fired into the Arabian Sea on Monday, the head of the military unit that oversees Pakistan's nuclear program congratulated scientists and engineers for "achieving yet another milestone of historic significance".The medium-range Shaheen-III is an updated version of the indigenously produced Shaheen-I and Shaheen-II, which had shorter ranges. "The test launch was aimed at validating various design and technical parameters of the weapon system at maximum range," the military said in a statement.
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Pakistani military leaders are trying to maintain a "credible deterrence" as arch-rival India rapidly invests in military hardware.

In recent years, India has moved toward the creation of a missile defence system and is upgrading its air force and submarine fleet. In 2012, India test-launched its first intercontinental ballistic missile, which it said has a range of more than 5000 kilometres.

India's growing defence budget is largely a result of its uneasy relationship with China. But Pakistan and India have fought three major wars since 1947. Analysts estimate Pakistan and India possess about 100 nuclear warheads each, and nonproliferation experts say the Indian subcontinent remains a nuclear flashpoint.

Several Pakistani military analysts said the Shaheen-III has a range greater than that of any other Pakistani missile. The maximum range of the earlier versions of the Shaheen missile was of about 2500 kilometres, which meant it could not reach parts of India's eastern frontier.

"Now, India doesn't have its safe havens anymore," said Shahid Latif, a retired commander of Pakistan's air force. "It's all a reaction to India, which has now gone even for tests of extra-regional missiles ... It sends a loud message: If you hurt us, we are going to hurt you back."

Some analysts caution that the true range of the Shaheen-III could be less than Pakistani military leaders claim. But Monday's test could aggravate unease in parts of the Middle East, including Israel. Historically, there also has been some tension between Pakistan, which is overwhelmingly Sunni, and Shiite-dominated Iran.

Mansoor Ahmed, a strategic studies and nuclear expert at Quaid-i-Azam University in Islamabad, said, however, that Pakistan's nuclear ambitions are focused solely on India.

India has a no-first-use policy on nuclear weapons. But Pakistani leaders have repeatedly declined to adopt a similar stance, saying they may be forced to resort to nuclear weapons should India invade Pakistan with conventional forces. The Indian army is more than twice the size of Pakistan's and has a vast advantage in weaponry such as tanks, aircraft and artillery pieces.

Dr Ahmed said Pakistan's military is not interested in a "tit-for-tat" arms race with India. Instead, he said, Pakistan hopes to improve "existing capabilities", including new delivery systems for evading an Indian missile defence shield.

Dr Ahmed said he suspects that Pakistani scientists and engineers also are working to equip the Shaheen-III with multiple warheads, which would make them harder to defend against. Pakistan is also seeking to advance its cruise missile technology. He said the Shaheen-III also can be fired from mobile launchers, making them easier to conceal and move around in the event of a nuclear exchange between India and Pakistan.

Jeffrey Lewis, a nuclear and nonproliferation scholar at the Monterey Institute of International Studies, said Pakistan has been working to make smaller, lighter nuclear warheads. A smaller warhead makes it far more likely that the Shaheen-III can really deliver a nuclear payload up to 2730 kilometres.

"You would want to model it, but at first approximation, I would be surprised to learn [the range] would be widely off," Lewis said.

The timing of Monday's missile test caught some analysts by surprise. It occurred less than a week after India's foreign secretary, Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, visited Islamabad to meet Pakistani diplomats in a bid to improve bilateral relations.

Although Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has expressed interest in boosting ties with India, Pakistani military leaders are deeply sceptical of such efforts. And the testing of nuclear-capable missiles has, at times, appeared to serve as an outlet for the military to vent frustrations.

In early February, just days after US President Barack Obama signed a deal with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi for enhanced civilian nuclear co-operation, Pakistan test-fired a short-range cruise missile.

http://www.smh.com.au

Pakistan Tests First Armed Drone, Laser Guided Missile

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Karachi: Pakistan today successfully tested its first indigenous all-weather armed drone and a laser guided missile. Chief of Army Staff General Raheel Sharif attended the ceremony and witnessed the test-fire of the new missile on static and moving targets.

The drone, named Burraq, has the ability to fly in all types of weather conditions and strike its targets with pinpoint accuracy.

Pakistan also tested its laser guided missile named Barq. Mr Sharif said this newly developed arsenal will increase the military's capacity in fighting terrorism. He commended engineers, scientists and technicians for their untiring efforts to develop this state of the art technology.

"Let's join hands to take Pakistan forward in respective fields," General Raheel said in his message to the fellow countrymen.

The military announced that a very effective force multiplier had been added to the inventory of the armed forces, the Pakistan Army said in a statement.

In November 2013, the military had indigenously developed surveillance-capable drones. The induction of two unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), called the 'Burraq' and 'Shahpar' systems, in the Pakistan Army and Air Force was seen as a landmark and historic event.

Pakistan already has several types of unarmed surveillance drones in operation, but Burraq and Shahpar were the first surveillance drones to be developed locally. An unarmed version of the Shahpar was unveiled for the first time at the International Defence Exhibition (IDEAS) in Karachi.

Industry insiders say China has also reportedly offered to sell Pakistan an armed drone it has produced, the CH-3, which can carry two laser-guided missiles or bombs, Dawn reported.

http://www.indiandefensenews.in/2015/03/pakistan-tests-first-armed-drone-laser.html

ça ressemble un peu au Harop Israélien

la vidéo est la c'est un ch-3 très ressemblant

http://www.lemonde.fr/asie-pacifique/video/2015/03/13/le-pakistan-teste-un-drone-lourdement-arme_4593375_3216.html

Burraq=CH-3
Leur part du Projet est le transfert d'un drone US armé en 2007 pour le reverse engineerer en chine.

intéressant les drones chinois commencent à avoir du succès , Nigeria , Algérie , Arabie saoudite et maintenant Pakistan

Meme l'AS UAE Maroc sont aussi interessés mais par le pterodactyl

le Maroc et l'AS sont intéressé par le "Predator chinois"  Wing Loong/Yi Long

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Pakistan's Armed Drone Successfully Test Fires A Laser-Guided Missile



Drone war is almost synonymous with Pakistan, where for years American drones fought back Taliban and al Qaeda operations across the border from Afghanistan. It’s a tremendously contentious policy, with American planes dropping bombs on insurgents within Pakistan’s Federally Administered Tribal Areas (and, often, killing civilians in the process). What happens to the drone war when American forces leave Afghanistan? Turns out Pakistan may use its own drone to battle insurgents. After years of development, Pakistan is putting the finishing touches on the Burraq, an indigenously made armed drone that successfully test-fired a laser-guided missile earlier today.

The Burraq bears a strong resemblance to China’s CH-3 drone, with forward canards, a pusher propeller, and long, back-sloping wings. Today's announcement, from the Twitter account of Pakistan’s military spokesman Asim Bajwal, notes that the Burraq fired successful on both still and moving targets, that the new drone can operate in all weather, and with pinpoint accuracy.

Before building their own drones, Pakistan tried to acquire some from the United States, but those requests were refused. The United States recently relaxed restrictions to allow for the export of armed drones, but it’s unclear whether America would be willing to sell any to Pakistan in the future.

Why would Pakistan want armed drones of its own? Drones like the Burraq are counter-insurgency weapons, which combine long flight times, surveillance video, and guided missiles to watch for and attack people believed to be part of violent groups. Pakistan’s Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) sit on the border with Afghanistan, and following the U.S.-led invasion of Afghanistan in 2001, FATA became an operating base for the Taliban. In 2009, following a push by the Taliban into other cities in Pakistan, the Pakistanis launched a ground campaign to drive the Taliban back. Thousands of refugees fled the area to avoid the violence. Drone strikes are an alternative to fighting insurgencies on that scale from the ground. And with the Burraq, Pakistan can now do drone strikes on their own, without the United States.

http://www.popsci.com

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Feather in the cap: Pakistan successfully tests armed drone






ISLAMABAD:

Pakistan successfully launched a laser-guided missile from an indigenously-developed armed drone on Friday, the military said, taking it a step closer to acquiring the technology it has long demanded from the United States.

The tests of the drone, called Burraq, and the missile, called Burq, on stationary and moving targets were watched by army chief General Raheel Sharif, the director general of the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), Maj Gen Asim Salim Bajwa, said on micro-blogging website Twitter.

The all-weather drone and laser-guided missile have impressive pinpoint accuracy which multiplies capability against terrorists, Maj Gen Bajwa tweeted.

The army chief commended the engineers and scientists involved in the development of the armed drone for their untiring efforts to acquire the state-of-the-art technology. “It is a great national achievement,” Gen Raheel said, adding that it would help in the country’s anti-terror campaign.

The test of Burraq came days after Pakistan conducted a successful test launch of Shaheen-III surface-to-surface ballistic missile capable of carrying nuclear and conventional warheads to as far as 2,750 kilometres.

Defence experts say the armed drone will help in the fight against terrorism.

Air Marshal (retd) Shahid Lateef said that earlier Pakistan possessed only UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles) which were for surveillance purposes only and came with their own disadvantages. “The time lag between information received via UAV surveillance and action by forces was delayed,” he told The Express Tribune.

“Burraq is Pakistan’s first Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicle, a wholly indigenous aircraft equipped with armed missiles, resulting in the capability to immediately strike a target. This improvement is cost-effective and extremely time efficient,” he said.

“The biggest challenge was mounting the weapons which local experts have perfected after years of research and experimentation. We have finally entered that domain, and Pakistan is the 8th nation in the world to have this technology,” he added.

Another defence expert said the successful test of an armed drone was certainly a great achievement in terms of technological advancement. “Credit goes to our military industrial complex for achieving this milestone despite our overall weak industrial base,” Lt-Gen (retd) Talat Masood, former chairman of the Pakistan Ordnance Factory Wah, told The Express Tribune.

“The drone technology will give added advantage in terms of fighting terrorism. But we have to acquire other supportive technologies in order to ensure the optimal utilisation of armed drones,” he added.

The United States has run a controversial drone programme against militant hideouts in the militant-infested tribal belt of Pakistan since 2004. Pakistan publicly opposes the missile strikes by US drones, terming them a violation of its territorial sovereignty and has long asked the US to give them the technology required to run their own programme.

According to the independent Bureau of Investigative Journalism, the CIA has carried out 413 drone strikes in Pakistan since 2004, frequently prompting public protest from the government and civil groups.

http://tribune.com.pk

voila un FMS fort interessant,le Viper commence sa carriere internationale,faut suivre cette piste

DSCA a écrit:

Pakistan - AH-1Z Viper Attack Helicopters and AGM-114R Hellfire II Missiles

WASHINGTON, Apr 6, 2015 – The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to Pakistan for AH-1Z Viper Attack Helicopters and AGM-114R Hellfire II Missiles and associated equipment, parts, training and logistical support for an estimated cost of $952 million. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency delivered the required certification notifying Congress of this possible sale.

The Government of Pakistan has requested a possible sale of 15 AH-1Z Viper Attack Helicopters, 32 T-700 GE 401C Engines (30 installed and 2 spares), 1000 AGM-114 R Hellfire II Missiles in containers, 36 H-1 Technical Refresh Mission computers, 17 AN/AAQ-30 Target Sight Systems, 30 629F-23 Ultra High Frequency/Very High Frequency Communication Systems, 19 H-764 Embedded Global Positioning System/Inertial Navigation Systems, 32 Helmet Mounted Display/Optimized Top Owl, 17 APX-117A Identification Friend or Foe, 17 AN/AAR-47 Missile Warning Systems, 17 AN/ALE-47 Countermeasure Dispenser Sets, 18 AN/APR-39C(V)2 Radar Warning Receivers, 15 Joint Mission Planning Systems, and 17 M197 20mm Gun Systems. Also included are system integration and testing, software development and integration, aircraft ferry, support equipment, spare and repair parts, tools and test equipment, publications and technical documentation, personnel training and training equipment, U.S. government and contractor engineering, technical, and logistics support services, and other related elements of logistics and program support. The total estimated cost is $952 million.

This proposed sale will contribute to the foreign policy and national security of the United States by helping to improve the security of a country vital to U.S. foreign policy and national security goals in South Asia.

This proposed sale of helicopters and weapon systems will provide Pakistan with military capabilities in support of its counterterrorism and counter-insurgency operations in South Asia.

This proposed sale will provide Pakistan with a precision strike, enhanced survivability aircraft that it can operate at high-altitudes. By acquiring this capability, Pakistan will enhance its ability to conduct operations in North Waziristan Agency (NWA), the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), and other remote and mountainous areas in all-weather, day-and-night environments. Pakistan will have no difficulty absorbing these helicopters into its armed forces.

The proposed sale of this equipment and support will not alter the basic military balance in the region.

The principal contractors will be Bell Helicopter, Textron in Fort Worth, Texas; General Electric in Lynn, Massachusetts; The Boeing Company in Huntsville, Alabama; and Lockheed Martin in Bethesda, Maryland. There are no known offset agreements proposed in conjunction with this potential sale.

Implementation of this proposed sale will require multiple trips by U.S. Government and contractor representatives to participate in program and technical reviews, as well as training and maintenance support in country for a period of 66 months. It will also require three contractor representatives to reside in country for a period of three years to support this program.

There will be no adverse impact on U.S. defense readiness as a result of this proposed sale.

This notice of a potential sale is required by law and does not mean the sale has been concluded.

ça c'est un contrat 15 viber + 1000 Hellfire  

donc 24 viber peuvent nous couter 1.5 /1.7 M$

Pakistan To Buy 8 Submarines From China

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ISLAMABAD — Pakistan is renewing efforts to modernize its submarine arm with eight submarines from China as well as a search for surplus European submarines.
Navy and Defence Ministry officials revealed the plans to the National Assembly Standing Committee on Defence on Tuesday, with Economic Affairs Secretary Muhammad Saleem Sethi leaving for China to pursue the deal on Wednesday.
Analysts believe that since the National Security Committee has agreed to the deal in principle, it is likely to go ahead.
The officials also requested US $294 million to upgrade ATR-72 maritime patrol aircraft. Two un-upgraded aircraft are in service, and officials hope to acquire more.
Pakistan operates five French submarines.
Its two Agosta-70s were acquired in 1979 and 1980, respectively, and despite upgrades they are widely acknowledged by analysts to be well past their prime and in need of replacement. Three air-independent propulsion (AIP)-equipped Agosta-90Bs, which are a development of the Agosta-70s, were commissioned from 1999 onward.
The Navy requires 12 submarines laid out in the Armed Forces Development Plan (AFDP) 2015 and a later revised plan.
Tuesday's proceedings created some confusion, however, with officials telling the committee that surplus submarines had been pursued from France, Germany, and the UK, but later acknowledging France had refused Pakistan's approaches with concerns over transfer of technology as one example.
Brian Cloughley, previous Australian defense attache to Islamabad, has said France has simply abandoned the Pakistani defense market to focus on the far more lucrative Indian one.
The mention of the UK was also surprising, considering the UK has not built or operated conventional submarines since the early 1990s, and sold its four Upholder-class subs to Canada where they now serve as the Victoria class.
Cloughley believes the Germans may not be willing or able to supply any surplus submarines either as they do not seem to have any, or at least any that Pakistan would want.
German firms offer new Type-214, Type-209/1400 mod, and Type-210 mod submarines for export.
However, Cloughley said there may be other possibilities.
Germany partnered with Turkey in 2011 to offer Indonesia a lease/new-build deal for Type-209 submarines. Indonesia, however, selected the South Korean improved Chang Bogo, a development of the Type-209/1400.
Turkish industry officials have told Defense News they are ready to offer Pakistan Type-209s if asked.
Turkey, one of Pakistan's closest allies and strongest defense industry partners, shelved its plans to upgrade its six Type-209/1200 Atilay class subs with AIP systems in favor of acquiring the Type-214.
However, Pakistani defense industry officials have said Islamabad would prefer a newer design.
It is uncertain if present circumstances have forced a rethink. "It's all supposition, and I'm afraid there doesn't seem to be an answer," Cloughley said.
Pakistan almost signed a deal for three Type-214 subs in 2008, raises hopes of Pakistan-Turkish submarine cooperation.
However, analyst Haris Khan of the Pakistan Military Consortium think tank said the deal floundered on the issue of financing after the then-Pakistan People's Party-led government signed an IMF loan agreement that derailed the sub acquisition plans.
He said the Type-214 deal was the centerpiece of the naval aspect of the AFDP, and that the first submarine would have been delivered in 2015. The naval aspect of the AFDP especially is in total disarray, he said.
It is unknown if the Type-214 was shelved until finances become available (some industry officials believe this was at least the intention at the time the deal collapsed), but attention subsequently switched to acquiring six AIP-equipped submarines from China.
Due to the need to decommission the Agosta-70s, Khan believes any refurbished submarines will be required to be "sailing under a Pakistani flag within 12 months."
Acquiring Turkish Type-209s remains possible, and despite Pakistan's predicament, Khan says "Under the present circumstances I don't see any collaboration between Pakistan and Turkey since Pakistan will only be locally producing Chinese submarines."
Whether the Chinese submarines are the S-20 export derivative of the Type-039A/Type-041 Yuan-class submarine, or a bespoke design, is unclear. But the Yuan has also been mentioned, and according to government officials the deal was supposed to be secured by the end of 2014.
If the deal transpires, Khan said it will be the largest ever Sino-Pakistani deal. He believes the submarines will each cost $ 250 million to $325 million.
Neither the Ministry of Defence nor the Navy would shed further light when asked. No answers were forthcoming to requests regarding the timeframe of the deal, whether the two Agosta-70s will finally be retired now the number of planned Chinese submarines has increased to eight, clarification on acquiring surplus Western submarines, or the status of the Type-214 acquisition efforts.
Should the Chinese deal go through, it will be a considerable relief, and be especially significant for the nuclear deterrent.
Pakistan inaugurated its Naval Strategic Force Command in 2012 in response to India's rapid nuclearization.
A potential force of 8 AIP-equipped Chinese subs and the three Agosta-90Bs "is a quantum leap in existing capabilities," said Mansoor Ahmed of Quaid-e-Azam University's Department of Defence and Strategic Studies.
Though acknowledging nuclear-powered attack boats are far more capable, he believes "An AIP [diesel-electric submarine] offers Pak the best bang for the buck. But it has to be supplemented with a commensurate investment in [anti-submarine warfare] capabilities to neutralize developments on the Indian side."
He said this will lay the groundwork for having a permanent sea-based deterrent equipped with plutonium-based warheads fitted to cruise missiles, "which is expected to be the next major milestone in Pakistan's development of a triad."
Ahmed acknowledges this "would pose fresh challenges for ensuring effective and secure communications at all times with the submarines for both India and Pak in addition to having a mated-arsenal at sea that would require pre-delegation of launch authority at some level for both countries.
"This would be an altogether new challenge that would have to be addressed for an effective sea-based deterrent."
Nevertheless, AIP-equipped conventional submarines "provide reliable second strike platforms, [and] an assured capability resides with [nuclear-powered attack and nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines], which are technically very complex and challenging to construct and operate compared to SSKs, and also very capital intensive."

http://www.defensenews.com/story/defense/naval/submarines/2015/04/03/pakistan-to-buy-8-submarines-from-china/25233481/

je me demande d'ou ils ont l'argent ces gens la viper subs et autres..
le coup de non pression en yemen ne rime pas avec financement saoudien,a part s' ils veulent faire monter les encheres la je dirai bravo

Yakuza a écrit:

je me demande d'ou ils ont l'argent ces gens la viper subs et autres..
le coup de non pression en yemen ne rime pas avec financement saoudien,a part s' ils veulent faire monter les encheres la je dirai bravo

ils font comme l'egypte ils anoncent un budget de la defense de 8 milliars mais en realité fait au moins le double

Interessant le contrat pour les Viper..

ce est comme la muraille de Chine jamais été démoli, mais toujours eu un traître au sein qui a ouvert la porte , front intérieur très fragile

Yakuza a écrit:

je me demande d'ou ils ont l'argent ces gens la viper subs et autres..
le coup de non pression en Yémen ne rime pas avec financement saoudien,a part s' ils veulent faire monter les encheres la je dirai bravo

Pour l'armement pakis les chinois n'hésite pas à faire des crédits, son but est avant tout de contrer les indiens, après pour les Viper il doit y avoir une partie de l'aide américaine, un peu de fonds propres, et l'aide saoud car même si le Pakistan ne participe pas au Yémen il reste le parapluie nucléaire de l'AS.

Northrop a écrit:

Interessant le contrat pour les Viper..

La feinte du chinois (WZ-10)... même les pakis la pratiquent...

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Potential AH-1Z sale to Pakistan announced as Islamabad tests Chinese competitor
http://www.janes.com/article/50498/potential-ah-1z-sale-to-pakistan-announced-as-islamabad-tests-chinese-competitor

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Pakistan inducts Chinese SHORAD missile systems


May 11, 2015

The system was unveiled earlier this year during the national military parade. The HQ-7B is a improved version of the HQ-7 (FM-80), itself, a Chinese copy of the French Crotale surface-to-air missile. The system is produced by by China's National Precision Machinery Import & Export Corporation (CPMIEC).


The new HQ-7B / FM-90 SHORAD systems Pakistan acquired from China were unveiled during the March 23, 2015 parade.  

The Pakistani Army has inducted the Chinese HQ-7B short range air defense system. The Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Raheel Sharif inspected the unit yesterday, witnessing training activity that included missile firing. The export system is designated FM-90 in Pakistan’s service can engage aerial targets including cruise missiles, drones and air-to-surface guided missiles under adverse electronic counter measure (ECM) environments, Pakistani sources said.



Pakistani FM-90 SHORAD system tested.

The system was unveiled earlier this year during the national military parade. The HQ-7B is a improved version of the HQ-7 (FM-80), itself, a Chinese copy of the French Crotale surface-to-air missile. The system is produced by by China’s National Precision Machinery Import & Export Corporation (CPMIEC).


http://defense-update.com/20150511_pakistan-inducts-improved-shorad-missiles-acquired-from-china.html#.VVSyZE0w_IU

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Pakistan signs deal with China for six patrol craft

Farhan Bokhari, Islamabad - IHS Jane's Defence Weekly

11 June 2015


China has signed a contract with Pakistan to supply six patrol boats to step up its surveillance of the northern Arabian Sea.

Although a price for the contract has not been released, a senior Pakistani government official said that "at least USD130 million" has been set aside for the purchase. The vessels will be operated by Pakistan's Maritime Security Agency, which is run by the navy.

A formal agreement for the sale was signed on 10 June at the Ministry of Defence Production in Rawalpindi between the Pakistani government and China Ship Trading Company (CSTS), according to the Pakistani official


http://www.janes.com/article/52193/pakistan-signs-deal-with-china-for-six-patrol-craft

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