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Launching Ceremony Of PAKISTAN NAVY Highly Advanced And Lethal Stealth Warship (OPV-II) PNS HUNAIN Held At Galati Shipyard In Romania:
Launching Ceremony of PAKISTAN NAVY Highly Advanced and Lethal Stealth Warship (OPV-II) PNS HUNAIN was held at the Galati Shipyard in Romania on Thursday, September 14, 2023, PAKISTAN NAVY Media Wing Head DGPR NAVY Rear Admiral Naeem Sarwar said in an Official Statement.
According to the details, the newly launched PNS HUNAIN Stealth Warship was designed and constructed by Damen Shipyards Romania according to the specific standards and requirements of PAKISTAN NAVY.
PAK NAVAL CHIEF (CNS) Admiral Muhammad Amjad Khan Niazi graced the Launching ceremony of PAK NAVY Stealth Warship PNS HUNAIN as the Chief Guest.
Speaking on the occasion, CHIEF OF THE NAVAL STAFF (CNS) Admiral Muhammad Amjad Khan Niazi highlighted the importance of maritime security under the prevailing conventional and non-conventional maritime threats to energy and trade highways passing through indian Ocean Region (iOR).
In this context, he underscored that PAKISTAN NAVY has tremendous contribution in successfully providing a Safe and Secure sea environment for maritime trade since 2004.
CHIEF OF THE NAVAL STAFF (CNS) Admiral Muhammad Amjad Khan Niazi Admiral Muhammad Amjad Khan Niazi also commended the exceptional professionalism and dedication of DAMEN Shipyard in putting steel into a warship in short span of time, while underscoring the trust and confidence of PAKISTAN NAVY in M/s DAMEN.
M/s DAMEN has earned this trust after induction and good performance of first Batch of OPVs i.e. PNS YARMOOK and PNS TABUK in PAKISTAN NAVY.
CHIEF OF THE NAVAL STAFF (CNS) Admiral Muhammad Amjad Khan Niazi Admiral expressed his confidence that induction of these multipurpose and highly adaptive platforms; equipped with state-of-the-art weapons/ sensors suite, will further strengthen combat capability of PAKISTAN NAVY Combat Fleet in safeguarding maritime frontiers, while ensuring Maritime Security in the indian Ocean Region (iOR), especially in the Arabian Sea.
The launching ceremony was attended by high ranking officials from Romanian Government and Navy, PAKISTAN NAVY, M/s DAMEN and notables from PAKISTANI community in Romania.
