CHINA-PAKISTAN: CHINA-BUILT TYPE 054A/P FRIGATE COMMISSIONED IN PAKISTAN NAVY
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Pakistan Navy ship ‘Taimur’ was commissioned at the Hudong Zhonghua shipyard in China
on June 23. The official statement claims that Taimur is technologically advanced and a highly
capable sea asset with the latest combat management and an electronic warfare system to fight in a multi-threat environment... These ships, it added, will provide a sustainable boost to the
combat capability of the Pakistan Navy, and enable it to meet emerging challenges in the
domain of maritime security and regional peace. The head of the Pakistan Navy Mission in
China Commodore Rashid Mehmood Sheikh attended the commissioning as the chief guest.
Taimur is the second of the four Type 054 A/P Frigates.
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