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Pakistan Commits to Further Militarization: UAVs, Submarines, AWACS on Shopping List

2009-02-02 Reports indicated that Pakistan Navy confirmed their intention to acquire drones, spy planes and submarines. Speaking Thursday at a ceremony to induct a Fokker aircraft and commission the T-56 Engine Test Bench at the Pakistan Navy Aviation Base PNS Mehran, Admiral Noman Bashir described the induction of Z-9 helicopters, airborne early warning systems (AEWs), and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) as force multipliers for the navy's fleet of aircraft.

The T-56 engine powers the navy's P-3C Orion maritime reconnaissance aircraft. To enhance the navy's 'subsurface defence capabilities', Bashir said a contract would soon be signed for the German-designed HDW Type-214 submarines. Commander of Naval Aviation, Commodore Adnan Nazir, said the Fokker, being a versatile aircraft, would serve to augment the operational capabilities of the fleet.

The setting up of the T-56 Engine Test Bench was a step towards self-reliance as it would be used for overhauling and maintaining the P-3C aircraft, Dawn Friday quoted Nazir as saying.

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