The Pakistan Navy (PN) ordered four 2,300t Ada-class corvettes from Turkish company STM on 5 July. This purchase, rumoured to be worth some $1 billion, marks Turkey’s growing presence on the global arms stage.
Indeed, commenting on the agreement, National Defence Minister Nurettin Canikli stated, ‘This will be largest single export in the history of the Turkish defence industry.’
Two of the 99.56m-long ships will be constructed at the Istanbul Naval Shipyard while the remaining pair will be built in Pakistan by the Karachi Shipyard & Engineering Works (KSEW).
The first vessel is to be completed by January 2023,
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