After the independence, Pakistan Navy has come a long way from a small flotilla of ships to a complete fleet acquiring vessels of different variety from East and West. Pakistan Navy now consists of fully modernized ships with state of the art equipment and weapon system, latest conventional submarines, state of art MCMVs and indigenously built missile boats, fast patrol crafts and midgets submarines.
PN Dockyard is fully geared-up to meet the maintenance needs of the Pakistani Fleet. Continued modernization of dockyard workshops to keep pace with the change of technology and induction of system of PN platforms has been the strength of PN planners.
While Karachi Shipyard and Engineering Works is fully capable of constructing both commercial as well as military craft of all sizes, in early eighties PN Dockyard also undertook limited construction of small to medium size ships. Indigenous construction of modern OPVs, Missile Boats, state of the art MCMVs and above all Agosta 90B submarine has put PN on the road of self – reliance. Retrofitting of modern ships and submarines at PN Dockyard is providing cost effective maintenance to the fleet units.
Being a four – dimension service, PN also maintains a strong air arm. PNS Mehran has maintenance facilities for maritime patrol aircrafts and helicopters including training simulator available for use by friendly countries. |
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