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Type 054A frigate for Pakistan Navy
![China Is Helping Modernize the Pakistan Navy. What Does That Mean for India? China Is Helping Modernize the Pakistan Navy. What Does That Mean for India?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2023-07-21-154023.jpg)
China Is Helping Modernize the Pakistan Navy. What Does That Mean for India?
By Gaurav Sen
A new dynamic in the India-Pakistan arms race is unfolding – with help from Beijing.
![China Lays Keel for Pakistan Navy’s Second Type 054A Missile Frigate China Lays Keel for Pakistan Navy’s Second Type 054A Missile Frigate](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2020-03-30.png)
China Lays Keel for Pakistan Navy’s Second Type 054A Missile Frigate
By Franz-Stefan Gady
China held a keel-laying ceremony last month at a shipyard in Shanghai for the second of four Type 054A-class frigates on order for the Pakistan Navy.
![China Kicks Off Construction of Pakistan’s Third, Fourth Type 054A Missile Frigates China Kicks Off Construction of Pakistan’s Third, Fourth Type 054A Missile Frigates](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-73409276-2472520519696573-489289782531194880-o.jpg)
China Kicks Off Construction of Pakistan’s Third, Fourth Type 054A Missile Frigates
By Franz-Stefan Gady
A Chinese shipbuilding company cut steel for the third and fourth Type 054A frigates on order for the Pakistan Navy.
![Pakistan’s New Generation of Chinese Warships Pakistan’s New Generation of Chinese Warships](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-34039378_1658402040921891_5790210295532093440_n.jpg)
Pakistan’s New Generation of Chinese Warships
By Scott N. Romaniuk and Tobias Burgers
The upgrade is noticeable but will not change the disparity between the Pakistani and Indian navies.
![Pakistan to Procure 2 More Guided-Missile Frigates From China Pakistan to Procure 2 More Guided-Missile Frigates From China](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-34308696_1658402037588558_1368725125691604992_o.jpg)
Pakistan to Procure 2 More Guided-Missile Frigates From China
By Franz-Stefan Gady
The Pakistan Navy signed a contract with a Chinese shipbuilder for the acquisition of two Type 054A guided-missile frigates on June 1.
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