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

PNS SHAH JAHAN (186)

La société turque STM a signé un contrat avec les pakis portant sur la conception et l'assistance technique pour la construction d'un nouveau bâtiment ravitailleur. Le concept préliminaire proposé par STM, un navire de 155m pour un déplacement de 15600Tpc

1st ATR-72-500 pour la Navy ... VIP ?

Naseem Al Bahr 2013

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Pak navy steps out


Muslim societies with few exceptions, Arabs in the Mediterranean till the 11th century, Turks, Omanis and the Barbary Corsairs, have neglected the importance of sea power and paid a heavy price as the Mughals found to their cost.
Paradoxically, while naval officers despite their small number have the most cosmopolitan worldview in our armed forces due to their sea voyage exposure, there is a paucity of interest in naval strategy beyond the navy itself. And this faced with an often hostile neighbour for whom Panniker in 1945 wrote that “the Indian Ocean must, therefore, remain truly Indian”, and laid down the Indian policy objective that it must dominate the region from the Gulf of Suez to the Straits of Malacca.
It is appropriate, therefore, that Pakistan Navy (PN) is conducting in the Arabian Sea a multinational exercise, AMAN 13, the fourth in a series begun in 2007, from March 4 to 7, 2013, with many countries participating. The objectives are to display a united resolve against terrorism and other crimes in the maritime domain; contribute to regional peace and stability; and enhance interoperability at a time when regional and international cooperation on the high seas to combat piracy, terrorism, WMD proliferation, narcotics, pollution and to keep sea lanes open is keeping pace with global concerns and policy.
Though not a linear progression, from the navy, nonetheless, this exercise reflects a sustained effort ever since Pakistan’s independence to increase its relevance on the high seas with the objectives of developing a naval capability to deter aggression at and from the sea, contribute effectively to deterrence and national security, and radiate influence region-wide.
Over the years, Pakistan’s military training programme for the army, naval and air forces from other countries, particularly the GCC and other OIC states, has been an important factor in creating close ties, and a factor that has prevented various efforts to isolate Pakistan. The naval component, which has included sending deputationists abroad, has played a major part in this effort and earned much good will.
Sending naval ships on flag voyages abroad, to nearby and far off countries, has earned more goodwill. In addition, the navy has been interacting with regional and extra-regional navies through holding and participating in bilateral and multilateral exercises over the years.
The latest phase of Pakistani navy’s sustained high seas cooperation began with the USA/Nato/Isaf setup after 9/11, of a naval component to promote maritime security to combat terrorist networks. Of course, Pakistan had rightly kept away from the campaign against Afghanistan. However, the possibility of a multilateral naval task operating in the Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, Gulf of Oman and part of the Indian Ocean close to our waters, which we were not part of, would not have been prudent and could have otherwise left an unwelcome vacuum.
I was part of the combined navy and Foreign Office team that examined this issue, obtained permission to begin negotiations to set out the parameters of participation, and obtained sanction for the agreement reached. Pakistan joined the 25 nations multinational Combined Task Force 150 (CTF 150), as an equal partner and sent its first ship to participate in 2004. Since then, 44 Pakistani naval ships have been on patrol with CTF 150, commanding it five times, with the second highest on- patrol time second only to the USA. This has enhanced the navy’s logistic experience of sustained operations and interoperability; and made it measure up to the command, current tactics and operation levels of the most advanced navies. A valuable learning curve.
After that, given the rise of piracy emanating from a Somalia sadly mired in a continuing turmoil, it was logical for the Pak Navy to join in 2009 Combined Task Force 151 (CTF 151) set up to conduct counter piracy to operate in the Gulf of Aden and off the eastern coast of Somalia. Fifteen Pakistani ships have participated so far and the PN has commanded CTF 151 three times.
Hence, the navy’s initiation of the AMAN exercises in 2007 was a natural progression of this more activist external involvement. The AMAN exercises of 2007, 2009 and 2011 attracted wide participation. The current AMAN 13 in the North Arabian Sea is the best attended of the series. Thirty three countries are participating with 18 ships, sea borne helicopters, long range surveillance aircraft, nine Special Operations Forces (SOF) and Explosive Ordinance Disposal (EOD) teams, and 40 observers, Australia, Bangladesh, China, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Turkey, UAE, UK and USA with naval assets. There are observers from Australia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Brazil, Canada, Egypt, Germany, Italy, Jordan, Maldives, Myanmar, Nigeria, North Sudan, Oman, Poland, Qatar, Russia, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, South Korea, Tanzania, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, UAE and USA.
Landside there will be a three-day Maritime Security Conference with Pakistan’s Foreign Minister delivering the keynote address and the Naval Chief the summing up. Two response exercises against terrorist and piracy threats will be carried out off PNS Kassem beach and on the high seas in Pakistani waters to foster multinational cooperation against traditional and asymmetrical threats. A ‘Fleet Review’ will conclude the exercise.
AMAN 13 will be good for building bridges with other countries and for Pakistan’s standing as a consistent contributor to regional and international cooperation on global issues of concern. It also provides grounds for reflection. Where does the PN go from here?
Despite periodic high expenditure on its vital submarine fleet that needs replenishing, the navy gets the least from the defence budget allocation,10 percent compared to the air force’s approximately 21 percent and the army’s 48 percent. This is understandable given the historical and current predominance of the threat from both land borders, but needs to be reviewed.
Pakistan with a 960km coastline, 200km Exclusive Economic Zone, with 95 percent of its trade and 100 percent of its energy imports coming by sea, sits astride both the Straits of Hormuz that transits 17 million barrels of crude oil daily as well as LPG, and the Arabian Gulf through which thousands of tankers and cargo ships pass annually. Resources have to be generated for a more robust navy - a navy whose submarines should eventually carry the third leg of Pakistan’s nuclear triad, a capability that for all nuclear counties constitutes the most secure deterrent.
Pakistan’s deterrent capability is vital for maintaining peace and security in South Asia. For naval modernisation, as for all the armed forces, the imperative is for Pakistan to grow its economy, for its peoples well being first and further for their security and defence.
The writer is ex-ambassador and former additional foreign secretary. Email: ambassador.tariqosmanhyder@gmail.com

http://www.nation.com.pk

Janv 2012

F-16AM


F-16BM

Shahpur, le nouveau drone paki ... c'est le CH-3 chinois







le CH-3 de CASIC

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Pakistan, Guest Navies Conclude Aman-13 Exercise
Mar. 9, 2013 - 09:41AM
KARACHI — Pakistan on Friday concluded a four-day multinational exercise and seminar aimed at promoting peace and stability in the region.

The Aman-13 /Peace-13 exercise brought together ships from 13 countries — including the U.S. and China — and observers from 20 others.

It was the fourth in the biannual series, which was designed to provide a platform for information sharing, develop tactics against asymmetrical and traditional threats and boost interoperability between all navies working in the region.

Though there are other threats to regional peace and stability, the main ones in the Indian Ocean region remain terrorism and piracy. Some of the warships participating in the exercise regularly engage in missions to combat these threats.

However, during the seminar, some questioned whether there was sufficient resolve to stamp out terrorism, given that the vast resources arrayed against the Somali pirates operating in the region have not been completely successful.

Some participants speculated that piracy had become lucrative for more than just the pirates, and that some insurance companies at least appeared to be content with the current situation. But others pointed out that the sheer size of the area that the anti-piracy naval task forces must cover made it impossible to physically eradicate the pirates.

The exchange in ideas and techniques also extended to special operations. Little information was released about that aspect of the exercise, but Indonesia was acknowledged to have participated only with a team from its KOPASKA underwater demolition team.

The U.S. Navy also sent an explosive ordnance team, as confirmed by U.S. personnel present during the sea phase of the exercise.

Local VIP visitors observing the exercises were headed by Pakistan’s Naval Staff chief, Adm. Muhammad Asif Sandila, and the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (CJCSC) chairman, Gen. Khalid Shameem Wynne.

Speaking to Defense News, the U.S. ambassador to Pakistan, Richard Olson, and members of the Office of the Defense Representative stressed the importance of Pakistan due to its strategic location and its participation in international maritime security endeavors such as Combined Task Force-150 and CTF-151.

The U.S. Navy also participated with the destroyer William P. Lawrence, which joined frigates from Australia, Britain and Turkey; a replenishment vessel, destroyer and frigate from China; corvettes from Italy, Malaysia and the United Arab Emirates; a Sri Lankan fast attack craft; and a Bangladeshi offshore patrol vessel.

Japanese forces were represented by a pair of P-3C Orion maritime patrol aircraft that joined helicopters from some of the participating warships.

Two of Pakistan’s F-22P Zulfiquar-class frigates participated, along with its single Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate, as well as a tanker, which conducted simulated replenishment exercises, and a range of smaller fast attack and patrol craft.

The sea phase consisted of a series of exercises including a special operations demonstration, gunnery trials and anti-surface warfare drills.


http://www.defensenews.com/article/20130309/DEFREG04/303090003/Pakistan-Guest-Navies-Conclude-Aman-13-Exercise?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|FRONTPAGE

PNS Saif ( 253 ), PNS Babur ( 182 ) & PNS Shamsheer ( 252 )

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La marine pakistanaise n’a toujours pas commandé les 6 sous-marins qu’elle envisage depuis plusieurs années ; un type chinois semblant devoir être préféré à des modèles européens. Elle procède actuellement à la mise en place du système anaérobie (AIP) MESMA sur ses 2 premiers sous-marins du type Agosta 90 B et envisage de doter ces navires de missiles de croisière Babur avec tête nucléaire le cas échéant. Elle a même émis le vœu de se doter d’un sous-marin nucléaire d’attaque de construction nationale, ce qui semble pour le moins utopique.

Sa flotte de surface s’est étoffée avec la livraison des 3 premières frégates du type Zulfiqar construites en Chine en 2009 et 2010, la 4e est en cours de réalisation à Karachi et 2 autres ont été commandées en novembre 2012. L’US Navy a, en outre, livré en 2010 une frégate du type O.H. Perry et 4 autres sont prévues. Enfin 2 nouveaux patrouilleurs lance-missiles aux formes furtives ont été mis en service (Azmat construit en Chine) ou vont l’être incessamment (Dehshat construit au Pakistan). La commande d’un navire de soutien logistique a, par ailleurs, été annoncée début 2013. Il sera réalisé à Karachi avec l’assistance du chantier turc TMK et remplacera le vieux Moawin (ex-Poolster néerlandais). Différents autres projets d’acquisition de bâtiments d’occasion ou neufs sont également à l’étude.

M&M

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The Group of the 56th Detached Helicopter Unit (DHU) of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) visited the 9th Battalion of the Pakistani Contingent. During this meeting the parties coordinated the range practice of the 56th DHU at the Pakistani peacekeepers range.

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Defence Industry of Pakistan HIT will unveiled the new MRAP Burraq in the next few months
A spokesperson for Pakistan’s state-owned vehicle manufacturer, Heavy Industries Taxila (HIT), has confirmed that its Burraq mine-resistant, ambush-protected (MRAP) vehicle is nearing the end of its prototype phase and will be unveiled in “three to four months.” The announcement comes after years of development and failed efforts to acquire such a vehicle from other sources.
Wednesday, March 20, 2013, 11:25 AM


http://www.armyrecognition.com/march_2013_news_defence_army_military_industry_uk/index.php

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'Pakistan cruise missiles pose key challenge to India'

Washington: With Pakistan arming itself with nuclear capable cruise missiles with stealth capabilities, a new dimension has been added to India's maritime security challenges, says leading Indian defence expert retired Commodore C Uday Bhaskar.

"Taking a leaf from China, Pakistan seems to be investing in cruise missiles," he said, referring to Pakistan's indigenously developed cruise missile Babur, which can carry both nuclear and conventional warheads.

"This has lowered the index of stability in the region," Bhaskar said at an Asia-Pacific security seminar on India's Maritime Security Challenges at the East-West Centre on Tuesday.

But in dealing with issues ranging from low intensity conflict and piracy to major-power strategic contests, India's key challenges were resource constraints, ship building capabilities, maritime infrastructure and the changing geo-political environment, he said.

The rapidly changing strategic environment in South Asia and emergence of an "extended global common" posed another challenge, said Bhaskar, currently a distinguished fellow with the Society for Policy Studies and a visiting fellow at the National Maritime Foundation in New Delhi.

Over the next decade, the US, China and India will form a critical strategic triangle and their individual relationships with the ASEAN, Iran and Pakistan will have significant regional and global implications, he said.

Given its distinctive geography and the recent shift of global maritime focus from the Atlantic-Pacific combine to the Indo-Pacific continuum, the importance of the Indian Ocean Region in India's national security calculus has greatly increased in the post-Cold War/post 9-11 era, Bhaskar said.

Yet the Indian Navy mandated to address this wide spectrum security domain received about a sixth of an overall defence budget of less than USD 40 billion in fiscal 2012-13, he said.


He noted that within the Indian military matrix, the navy was referred to as the "Cinderella service".

India's ship building capabilities too were "not really flattering", blighted as they were by time and cost overruns, Bhaskar said.

He listed the ability to build credibly fight capable ships as another key challenge.

The country's maritime infrastructure too was "less than rudimentary", he said. He added that that in terms of ports, India's top port Mumbai was listed at the 30th spot in the world.

However, Bhaskar said there was a growing awareness at the national level that over the next two decades India's future aspirations and anxieties will be increasingly shaped by its ability to address the challenges and opportunities of the maritime domain.

IANS

zeenews.india.com

Pas mal ces chansons !

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Pakistani JF-17 Thunder jetfighters are escorting Chinese Premier Li Keqiang's plane on Wednesday, May 22, 2013. A total of six Pakistani jetfighters participate in the escorting mission before Chinese premier's plane lands in Islamabad on Wednesday. [Photo/Chinanews.com]

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CM-400AKG Becomes Pakistan's Hypersonic Carrier Killer Missile

China has developed a hypersonic Aircraft carrier killer missile and has been deployed by the Pakistan's PAF.
The missile has been described as the PAF’s Hypersonic ‘Carrier Killer Missile’

Pakistan has deployed a new hypersonic long-range air-launched missile that officials in the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) have described as “a hypersonic aircraft carrier killer missile”.

The CM-400AKG is a Mach 4 plus-capable air-to-surface weapon developed in China and now in service with JF-17 fighter aircraft of the Pakistan Air Force. The weapon, designated CM-400AKG, was designed and developed in China by the China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation (CASIC) and was revealed at Airshow China 2012, held in Zhuhai in November.

The CM-400AKG is now part of the operational weapon set of the PAF’s JF-17 Thunder multirole fighter. “This is a mature weapon that has been fully tested. It is not conceptual. It is in service,” Air Commodore Mahmood Khalid, PAF JF-17 Deputy Project Director stated. “The CM-400AKG is a very high-speed missile that is very tough to intercept. It hits the target at Mach 4 or above and its kinetic impact alone is enough to destroy any high-value target, like an aircraft carrier.”

The CM-400AKG first appeared, briefly, in public at last year’s Dubai Airshow, when a placard for the weapon was placed alongside a PAF JF-17 – and then removed. The weapon itself was not shown. At the time PAF personnel acknowledged it was a new Chinese-built air-to-surface stand-off missile. However, the initial assumption that it was a derivative of the C-802 anti-ship missile has proved to be very wide of the mark.


The CM-400AKG is a 400 kg solid-rocket-powered weapon that can be fitted with either a penetration or blast/fragmentation warhead. It is a fire-and-forget precision-guided weapon that can be fitted with several seeker options, which are understood to include an active radar seeker and an imaging infrared seeker with target-recognition (TR) capabilities. PAF sources say the missile can be pre-programmed with digital imagery for highly precise attacks against fixed sites in TR mode, but it can also be re-targeted in flight by using the radar seeker option.

http://www.asian-defence.net/2013/06/cm-400akg-becomes-pakistans-hypersonic.html

probablement un dérivé du fameux DF-21D chinois

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mach 4 et 180-250km,pas mal,j´espere qu´il serait integrable sous d´autres vecteurs

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Pilote de Pakistan

Posté le 19/06/2013 par ptisidiastima




Le sous-lieutenant Ayesha Farooq, âgé de 26 ans est la première femme pilote de la force aérienne du Pakistan qui devient disponible pour les avions de chasse et a rejoint l'Escadre 20 qui gère les F-7PG.



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PAF fighter aircraft crashes

A fighter jet of Pakistan Air Force crashed today during a routine operational training mission in eastern parts of the country, officials said.

"An F-7P Fighter Aircraft, while on a routine operational training mission, crashed near Esa Khel town" in Mianwali district of Punjab, a statement issued by PAF said.

The pilot of the aircraft ejected safely and no loss of civilian life or property was reported on ground, it said.

The cause of the crash was not known immediately.

A board of inquiry has been ordered by the Air Headquarters.

Accidents during training are a routine in Pakistan and several small aircraft have been damaged in the past.

http://www.business-standard.com

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