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| File photo of PNS Aslat |
ANKARA, 21 October 2013:
Pakistan’s first indigenously built F-22 frigate “PNS ASLAT” will be visiting Gölcük
Naval Base in Turkey from 22 to 25 October 2013 and will participate in
various harbour and sea exercises with the Turkish Navy.
PNS ASLAT was commissioned
in Pakistan Navy on 17 April 2013 and is the fourth ship of SWORD Class
Frigates added in Pakistan Navy inventory. This warship is 123 meters long,
displaces 3144 tons and can attain and sustain speeds of over 29 knots. This
ship forms mainstay of Pakistan Navy surface combatants. The ship is capable of
operating independently or as part of a task force in multi threat
environments. PNS ASLAT is equipped with state of the art weapons and sensors
for anti-submarine, anti-surface and anti-air operations with comprehensive
self defence capabilities. The vessel is a multi-mission frigate and embarks a
Z9EC-20 helicopter which enables it to conduct dedicated anti-submarine
operations thus enhancing the ship’s operational range.
This friendly sojourn by PNS
ASLAT to Gölcük Naval Base, which is the main base of the Turkish Navy on
the east coast of the Sea of Marmara in Gölcük
– Kocaeli, will further strengthen existing bilateral ties. Reciprocatory
visits of high level defence delegations, exchange training programmes and
visits of naval units is a regular feature of Turkey-Pakistan defence
relations. Turkish frigate F-496 TCG Gökova participated in AMAN-2013 naval
exercise organized by Pakistan Navy from 4-8 March 2013.
Commanded by Captain Ahmad
Farooq, PNS ASLAT in its current deployment in the Mediterranean and
Black Sea has already visited Port Sudan (North Sudan),
Tripoli (Libya ),
Novorossiysk (Russia )
and her next destination will be Jeddah ,
Saudi Arabia
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