Four warships were delivered, and as soon as Pakistan's new prime minister expressed his position on China, Chinese military aid came
On May 10, the Pakistani Navy announced that the two 0 5 4 A/P frigates built by China for Pakistan had been handed over to the Pakistani Naval Army. This also indicates that the four 0 5 4 A/P ordered by Pakistan have been fully delivered. After these four warships are put into service, they will provide the Pakistani naval forces with urgently needed regional air defense capabilities.
The Type 0 5 4 A / P frigate is a foreign trade version of the Type 0 5 4A frigate of the PLA, and it is also the largest and most advanced frigate in China's current export tonnage. The ship is equipped with C M-3 0 2 anti-ship missiles, L Y-8 0 anti-aircraft missiles, and anti-submarine fire arrows, and can also carry an anti-submarine helicopter. It can carry out a variety of tasks such as regional air defense, anti-ship, and anti-submarine operations. These four frigates are also the most advanced and powerful warships of the Pakistani Naval Forces at present.
In the past two years, the situation in Pakistan has been turbulent, and on April 10 last year, the Pakistani National Assembly approved the approval of former Prime Minister Imran M. Khan's disbelief, while Pakistan's former prime minister, Imran Khan also became the first prime minister in Pakistan's history to be ousted by the National Assembly. Subsequently, Shahbaz Sharif was successfully elected as the new prime minister of Pakistan. After his election, he quickly expressed his position on China, saying that China was an important partner of Pakistan's loyalty, dependability, and trustworthiness, and that he had always achieved more development with unswerving support for Pakistan. He also indicated that during his administration, he will continue to promote the construction of economic corridors between China and Palestine.
However, the change of political power did not shake Pakistan's relations with China, and on 5 May, Pakistani President Arvi met with Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Qin Gang. He expressed his gratitude to China for its help in Pakistan's fight against the epidemic, the implementation of post-disaster reconstruction, and the evacuation of overseas Chinese from the Soviet Union for its great assistance, and then publicly expressed his position on the Taiwan Strait issue. He said that Pakistan firmly supports the one-China policy and gives firm support to core interests such as China's sovereignty and territorial integrity. Pakistan also said that Pakistan looks forward to working with China to promote the construction of economic corridors between China and Palestine and to deepen cooperation in agriculture, interconnection, and information technology. The Pakistani side will go all out to ensure the safety of its members and institutions in Chinese Pakistan and is willing to work with China for the peaceful reconstruction of Afghanistan and Khan.
The 0 5 4 A/P frigate delivered this time also received high praise from the Pakistani side, and the chief of staff of the Pakistani Navy Nyaz attended the ceremony. In an interview, he said, "In the future, they [0 5 4 A/P frigates] will become the mainstay of the Pakistani naval fleet. We must ensure Pakistan's maritime defense capability and guard Pakistan's important sea communication routes. ”
In recent years, Pakistan's old counterpart, the Handido, the Navy has developed rapidly, and its self-developed aircraft carrier and carrier-based aircraft have completed takeoff and landing tests. At present, India is considering using eight years to build its third aircraft carrier, which will also be the second domestically built aircraft carrier of the Indian Navy. In the face of threats such as aircraft carriers and carrier-based aircraft of the Indian Navy, the regional air defense capabilities provided by the 05 4 A/P frigates are of great importance to the Pakistani Navy.
And the significance of this arms sale to us is also quite large, and most of the frigates we sold abroad before this time are retired 0 5 3 series frigates, and the 0 5 4 A / P frigates exported this time represent the highest water standard of our export frigates By using the vertical firing system and regional air defense capabilities, coupled with low prices, the 0 5 4 A/P frigate has become a serious competitor in the international arms market.
As a result of Pakistan's use, it is likely that other countries will also lead to the purchase of advanced ships developed by China, and before that, the large Middle Eastern household Shater was rumored to buy 1 2 0 5 2D export frigates. Although there is no official announcement yet, what can be confirmed is that all kinds of weapons exported by China today have broken away from the stereotypical image of "stupid, big, black and coarse" and gradually developed in a high-precision direction. A Type 0 7 1E dock boarding ship exported by China to Thailand some time ago broke the tonnage record for China's export warships and became the largest surface ship in Southeast Asia.