In a statement made on the Twitter account of the Turkish Ministry of National Defense, it was announced that the training of the technical personnel working at the Karachi Military Shipyard within the scope of the Pakistan Milgem Project has been completed.
In the statement; "As part of the Pakistan Milgem Project, on-the-job training of the technical personnel at the Karachi Military Shipyard at the Istanbul Shipyard Command of the Directorate General of Naval Shipyards has been completed." statements were included.
Pakistan MİLGEM Project
Pakistan had signed an agreement with Turkey for 4 MİLGEM corvettes in 2018.
The corvettes produced within the scope of the MİLGEM project will have two 6-cell surface-to-air guided missile system, two 3-launcher surface-to-surface guided missile system, a 76 millimeter naval gun, a torpedo launch system, a close air defense system, two 25 millimeter remote controlled stabilized gun system (STOP) and hull-mounted sonar and torpedo jamming / deception system (TKAS).
Within the scope of the project, 2 ships are being produced in Istanbul and 2 ships in Karachi.