Turkish-built warship for Pakistan Navy accomplishes live-fire trials PHOTO / VIDEO

A warship built in Türkiye for the Pakistan Navy under the PN MILGEM project has successfully completed live-fire exercises.

During the trials, the PNS Khaibar — the second of four MILGEM-class corvettes constructed for Pakistan — demonstrated high accuracy in engaging sea, land, and air targets, Caliber.Az reports, citing Sanayi ve Savunma on X.

MİLGEM, hedefi 12’den vurdu!

Pakistan Donanması için Türkiye’de üretilen PNS Khaibar, canlı atışlarda kara, hava ve deniz hedeflerini tam isabetle vurdu. pic.twitter.com/Bj8mqM9Zmk

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According to the report, the ship’s 76 mm main gun scored a direct hit on a designated land target, while the remotely operated 25 mm STOP stabilised gun system achieved similar precision against surface targets.

The results of the live-fire exercises highlighted the technological maturity, successful system integration, and operational reliability of the PN MILGEM program.

Under the 2020 agreement between Ankara and Islamabad, four MILGEM-class corvettes were to be built — two at the Istanbul Naval Shipyard and two at the Karachi Shipyard and Engineering Works (KSEW), with Türkiye’s ASFAT serving as the main contractor.

By Khagan Isayev