Ambassador Edward felt that his visit was of great significance, and the Pakistani side proposed many cooperation projects with the United Kingdom, although the Type 82 destroyer and the supporting Sea Javelin missiles were sold cheaply, but in other aspects, the Supporter-class submarines, the SC-5 transport aircraft, and even the Hunter anti-submarine aircraft and the Victor K.2 air tanker.

Compared with the famous P3 in later generations, the Hunter anti-submarine aircraft does not seem to be famous, but this thing is the world's largest anti-submarine aircraft, it is improved by the British using the "Comet" passenger aircraft platform, with first-class endurance and maximum range, and its radar was later modified into the radar of the "Hunting" early warning aircraft, but due to the defects of the electronic processing system, this early warning aircraft cannot handle the complex echoes of land, but if it were not for the comprador class in Britain to call the shots again, the early warning aircraft was purchased from the United States, With the progress of the electronic system, it will definitely be perfected eventually, and in later generations, Huaxia will use the Yun-8 modified maritime patrol aircraft, and this kind of radar will be placed in the nose of the aircraft.

And the Victor K.2 air tanker, which is improved from the platform of the "Victory" bomber, is equivalent to the American-made KC10 tanker, the Pakistan Air Force wants to become an offensive force, that air tanker is indispensable, in the past, it was all fought on the mainland, at most it flew to the skies over Afghanistan, and there was no need for air tankers, and now, with the withdrawal of the Soviet Union and the solution of the problem in Afghanistan, the combat objectives of the Pakistani Air Force have also changed, You have to have a large jet tanker.

These preliminary agreements reached with Britain have also made Mhammad very satisfied, because of the previous times Mhammad's price reduction, so that the British do not dare to quote a particularly high price now, and the normal price is acceptable to Mhammad.

The biggest takeaway from this trip to the Soviet Union. It's actually a price reduction to Britain and the United States! The Americans did not adopt a hostile attitude, but appeased, although the warships sold to Pakistan had hidden mysteries and actually wanted to store anti-aircraft missiles in the warehouses of the Americans. Mhammad, of course, would not agree.

The country's industry is constantly developing, and the finished products are sold to the country. Afghanistan, China, the Middle East, and even the Western world, even after the first five years, Pakistan's industry is fully on track, and Mhammad is full of confidence in Pakistan's future.

Half a month later.

The port of Karachi is bustling with people looking forward to it. Look at the sea in the distance.

When the two warships flying the Pakistani star and moon flag gradually approached, everyone cheered in the harbor.

On the high freeboard, there is a large round ball on the top of the bow, and behind the ship's guns, the twin missile launchers are so eye-catching.

Type 42 destroyer! The two destroyers, bought from Argentina almost at the price of cabbage, allowed Mhammad to personally take senior military officials. Come to the port to meet you.

"We have this kind of warship with a displacement of four thousand tons, which can fully escort our aircraft carriers." Beside Mhammad. This was stated by the Chief of Staff of the Navy, Zahar.

Although the current aircraft carrier is a training ship, it can still be used for action at a critical time, and a lone aircraft carrier is just a live target. When the supporting escort ships are complete, they will truly have combat capability.

"Yes, we in the UK are also very happy to see the Type 42 destroyer join the Pakistan Navy." British Ambassador Edward said.

This time, the British ambassador was also present, although the Type 42 destroyer was Argentine. After all, it was the design of the British.

"It's a pity that there are only a few Javelin missiles on this warship." "We very much hope that we can get the technology for the production of the Javelin missile as soon as possible," Mhammad said. ”

Pakistan has the production technology and begins to produce it on its own, so there is no need to buy more Sea Javelin missiles from the United Kingdom, and in the future, when the Patriot is successfully copied, it is intended to put the Patriot on the ship, and the Sea Javelin only solves the problem of whether there is or not.

"Our relevant domestic departments are coordinating, and by the end of this year at the latest, we will definitely be able to produce such missiles in your country." Edward said. The project has been negotiated, Pakistan just paid the deposit, and if it wants to follow up on the final payment, then the British side needs to be more proactive, not to mention that there are other deals.

"Yes." "In addition to the Javelin missiles, our two warships also have to go into the dock and do a lot of rest, especially if they damage the control system, and replace what can be burned," Mhammad said. ”

Those aluminum alloy things are easy to fuel burning, even if it is a soldier's sleeper, it has to be replaced with an iron bed, and Mhammad will not let the tragedy of Shelfid repeat itself in the Pakistan Navy.

Moreover, the hull is also somewhat rusted, and these two warships are not properly maintained in the Argentine Navy.

These two warships will allow the Pakistan Navy to temporarily have regional air defense capabilities, and Mhammad attaches great importance to these two warships.

At the same time, at the shipyard on the other side of the port, the hull of Pakistan's own new destroyer has also been built, and when Edward's eyes look over there, comparing the two Type 42s, he feels the difference in design style.

Type 42 destroyers, densely packed on top, with everything, and the upper part of the hull is also irregular.

And this destroyer, which is under construction, has not yet reached the deck, and the hull drift has already ended, and it has begun to retract, refining with the superstructure, and has a shrinking inclination.

Now, no country's destroyer has been built like this, and when he saw that side, Edward couldn't help but feel curious: "Why does the destroyer you built yourself look like this?" ”

Stealth warships are not stealth aircraft, and the construction, launching, and service of warships cannot be kept secret, so Mhammad did not intend to hide it, and the construction progress of the Karachi shipyard is also very fast.

The hull has been basically formed, the LM2500 gas turbine from the United States, which has long been installed in place, the French combat system, the Sea Sparrow anti-aircraft missile, the C-802 anti-ship missile, the tail has a helicopter take-off and landing platform, 100 mm naval guns, and at the same time, the installation position of the phalanx is also reserved.

From the outside, only the appearance of the hull can be seen, most of the equipment is already built-in, and at the back of the hull, above the helicopter hangar, the meter-wave radar has not yet been installed, leaving only a huge base.

The hull is completed and it is about to enter the outfitting phase.

Looking at the appearance, it is completely different from the Western ones, after all, the stealth of warships, that was only proposed in the nineties.

"The look was designed by us." "There are great benefits to our design," Mhammad said. ”

What are the benefits? What Edward wanted to hear most was the role of such a design, but Mhammad did not continue, and his words changed: "The slipway will soon be vacated, just enough to maintain these two Type 42s, and when the maintenance of these two Type 42s is completed, we can build our own submarines." It's a pity that the two TR-1700 submarines will take a while to come back. ”

The two submarines did not drive back by themselves, but came back on a semi-submersible ship specially designed to transport large items.

Now, the Pakistan Navy has only two submarines, the Hashmat-class. The prototype of this submarine is the French-made Agosta-class submarine, which was designed and built by France in the seventies, with an underwater displacement of 1,700 tons.

In 1975, after France built them, South Africa ordered two submarines, but in 1977 the United Nations imposed an arms embargo on South Africa, and the two submarines were resold to Pakistan, which also had its own submarine force.

Now, it has been nearly ten years, and these two submarines are old and cannot fight more and more new threats, so Pakistan will buy submarines, and those two TR-1700s, after they come back, they can let the submarine force be trained and have combat capability within half a year.

Now, Pakistan can't get back on the move, so it can only rent a semi-submersible boat.

The cargo hold in front of the semi-submersible ship, just like the dock, is filled with water and sinks into the seawater, so that the goods to be transported are driven over, and then the seawater is discharged, and the front cargo hold is exposed from the seawater and the goods to be transported are dragged up.

Submarines, offshore oil zuanjin platforms, ships, are all capable of being transported in this way.

"We also look forward to the start of our Supporter-class submarine project as soon as possible." Edward could only say that when it was time to build it, many British technicians would come over to give guidance, and when the time came, he would definitely be able to learn the secret of the warship from the Pakistani population.

It feels good to be rich! In later generations, Pakistan had limited financial resources and was simply unable to update its equipment, and in the nineties, it ordered three more ships from France, and the last one was postponed amid protests from the Indians.

Now, Mhammad no longer needs to worry about money, and the hot money invested in the island nation will bring more profits. Mhammad knows that Pakistan must seize this short golden time to develop its national strength as soon as possible, and only when the country is strong will it have a say in the world.

With the arrival of these two Type 42 destroyers, Pakistan's navy began to make great strides in its development.

After returning from Karachi, Mhammad received news that the Tomcat fighter jet would conduct a live-fire target at Peshawar Air Base.

As a user of Tomcat fighters, Pakistan has long accumulated rich experience, such as the expensive Immortal Bird missile, which Pakistan has also used many times in actual combat, summing up a lot of rules, so that the US Navy made a special trip to Pakistan to learn from the experience of the Pakistan Air Force.

However, this time the live ammunition target is different from before, because the missile used this time is a new air-to-air missile! (To be continued......)