January 31, 2021 | Reported By : RK Online Desk
China has launched the Type-054A/P frigate, the second of four “most advanced” warships it is building for Pakistan, amid deepening defence and economic ties between the two allied nations, the Pakistan Navy said in a statement on Saturday.
Quoting Pakistan Navy The Times of India reported that Chinese state-owned Hudong Zhonghua Shipyard in Shanghai held the launching ceremony for the frigate, with Chief Naval Overseer (China) Commodore Azfar Humayun and senior Chinese officials in attendance.
The Navy said the warships are state-of-the-art frigates equipped with modern surface, subsurface and anti-air weapons. “They will also be fitted with a range of electronic warfare, air and surface surveillance