{"id":3885,"date":"2018-07-06T22:25:29","date_gmt":"2018-07-06T22:25:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/?p=3885"},"modified":"2018-07-06T22:35:53","modified_gmt":"2018-07-06T22:35:53","slug":"pakistan-inks-naval-shipbuilding-technology-transfer-deal-with-turkey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/2018\/07\/06\/pakistan-inks-naval-shipbuilding-technology-transfer-deal-with-turkey\/","title":{"rendered":"PAKISTAN INKS NAVAL SHIPBUILDING TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER DEAL WITH TURKEY"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2018\/07\/MILGEM-Ada-MoD.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3886\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2018\/07\/MILGEM-Ada-MoD-1024x556.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"304\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2018\/07\/MILGEM-Ada-MoD-1024x556.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2018\/07\/MILGEM-Ada-MoD-300x163.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2018\/07\/MILGEM-Ada-MoD-768x417.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2018\/07\/MILGEM-Ada-MoD-560x304.png 560w, https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2018\/07\/MILGEM-Ada-MoD-260x141.png 260w, https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2018\/07\/MILGEM-Ada-MoD-160x87.png 160w, https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2018\/07\/MILGEM-Ada-MoD.png 1257w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a>Source: Defensenews<\/p>\n<p>By Usman Ansari<\/p>\n<p>Pakistan has signed a contract for the construction of four Milgem\/Ada-class corvettes with the Turkish state-controlled shipyard M\/s ASFAT A.S.<\/p>\n<p>The deal, inked July 5, is part of Pakistan\u2019s efforts to replace aged warships featuring systems nearing the end of manufacturer support, boost its conventional deterrent vis-a-vis India, and better safeguard its maritime economy and trade links.<\/p>\n<p>According to a Navy news release, the contract includes \u201ccomplete transfer of technology and the transfer of intellectual proprietary rights for the design of these ships to Pakistan.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Four ships will be built \u2015 the first two in Turkey at Istanbul Naval Shipyard, and the third and fourth in Pakistan by state-owned shipyard KSEW \u2015 as part of the technology transfer package.<\/p>\n<p>Indigenous construction of the second pair is intended to help Pakistan\u2019s shipbuilding industry grow and increase its contribution to the nation\u2019s economy.<\/p>\n<p>Read more at: https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/naval\/2018\/07\/05\/pakistan-inks-naval-shipbuilding-technology-transfer-deal-with-turkey\/?utm_campaign=Socialflow&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=twitter.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Defensenews By Usman Ansari Pakistan has signed a contract for the construction of four Milgem\/Ada-class corvettes with the Turkish state-controlled shipyard M\/s ASFAT A.S. The deal, inked July 5, is part of Pakistan\u2019s efforts to replace aged warships featuring systems nearing the end of manufacturer support, boost its conventional deterrent vis-a-vis India, and better&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/2018\/07\/06\/pakistan-inks-naval-shipbuilding-technology-transfer-deal-with-turkey\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">PAKISTAN INKS NAVAL SHIPBUILDING TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER DEAL WITH TURKEY<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3886,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3885","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-defence-industry","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3885","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3885"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3885\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3892,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3885\/revisions\/3892"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3886"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3885"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3885"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3885"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}