Badr guided missile destroyer

Badr guided missile destroyer

In 1988, the Pakistani government and the British government established a joint committee to discuss Pakistan's future defense needs. The two sides reached an agreement in 1992 Agreement to purchase six Type 21 "Admiral" class frigates. From July 1993 to September 1994, Pakistan received all six frigates, which were named "Venus" class.

These frigates have been modified by Pakistan, and some are equipped with US-made Harpoon anti-ship missiles and LY-60N surface-to-air missiles provided by China. Pakistan is the first foreign user of China's LY-60 missile. Eight "Admiral" class frigates were built. Among them, the Zealot and the Antelope were sunk by the Argentine Air Force during the Falklands War. Pakistan received all the remaining six frigates.

On April 19, 2009, another 14 ships from 10 countries arrived at Qingdao Port and were invited to participate in the "Multinational Naval Activities to Celebrate the 60th Anniversary of the Founding of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy". Qingdao Port, the seventh largest port in the world, has become a "gathering place of friendship". "Home of the World's Navy".

The foreign naval vessels that have entered the port include: Brazil's "Garcia de Avila" amphibious landing ship, Bangladesh's "Ottoman" guided missile frigate, France's "Portuguese" USS guided missile frigate, Canadian supply ship "Protector", Russian guided missile cruiser "Varyag" and "MB-99" integrated auxiliary ship, Australian patrol boat "USP Perry" and supply ship "Success"

The USS Fitzgerald guided missile destroyer, the Thai guided missile frigates Thaksin and Bombakorn, the Singaporean guided missile frigate Formidable, and the Indian guided missile INS Mumbai The destroyer and the guided-missile destroyer "Ranville"

In addition to the Mexican sailing training ship "Cuauhtemoc", the Pakistani guided-missile destroyer "Badar" and the "Nasr" that arrived on the 18th. The total number of foreign warships currently gathering in Qingdao has reached 17. Some of these foreign warships are "old friends" of the Chinese Navy.

The French guided missile frigate "Puyue". It has made 7 goodwill visits to China before. The Australian supply ship "Success" visited Shanghai in September 2000 and the US "Aegis" class guided missile destroyer "Fitzgerald" visited Hong Kong. On November 19, 2006, it conducted the second phase of the Sino-US maritime search and rescue exercise with the Chinese Navy in the South China Sea. The Thai missile frigate "Bang Pragong" visited Shanghai in 2005.

Technical Parameters<. /p>

●Hull number: 184

●Length: 117 meters

●Breadth: 12.7 meters

●Draft: 5.9 meters

●Standard/full load displacement: 3100/3600 tons

●Maximum speed: 30 knots

●Endurance 4000/17: 1200/30

●Staffing: 175 people

●Weapon system: 1×single-barreled MK-8 114mm gun, 2×single-barreled 20mm missiles 4×MM-38 Exocet anti-ship, 1×4 Equipped with Sea Cat short-range ship-to-air, anti-submarine weapons 2×3 MK-2 anti-submarine torpedo launchers, and 1×HAS-3 Lynx anti-submarine helicopter.