NEW DELHI: China has helped Pakistan Navy induct its first specialised research or spy ship, which apparently has the capability to track launch of nuclear-tipped ballistic missiles and undertake other intelligence-gathering missions.
The 87m-long PNS Rizwan is said to be similar but much smaller to India’s indigenously-built 175m-long missile range instrumentation ship, INS Dhruv, that is packed with long-range radars, dome-shaped tracking antennae, and advanced electronics.INS Dhruv was commissioned in 2021.
Only a handful of countries like US, Russia, China, France and India operate such specialised vessels. China regularly deploys research and survey vessels in Indian Ocean region (IOR) to monitor India’s missile launches as well as map oceanographic and other data useful for navigation and submarine operations, among other purposes.
INS Dhruv, which took several years to be built at Hindustan Shipyard in Vizag, is manned by personnel from Navy, DRDO and NTRO, as reported by TOI earlier.
The ship can act as an early-warning system on high seas to detect and track hostile ballistic missiles launched from land or submarines against Indian mainland targets. It can be used to monitor LEO satellites being used by an adversary for military reconnaissance, spying & communications.
The 87m-long PNS Rizwan is said to be similar but much smaller to India’s indigenously-built 175m-long missile range instrumentation ship, INS Dhruv, that is packed with long-range radars, dome-shaped tracking antennae, and advanced electronics.INS Dhruv was commissioned in 2021.
Only a handful of countries like US, Russia, China, France and India operate such specialised vessels. China regularly deploys research and survey vessels in Indian Ocean region (IOR) to monitor India’s missile launches as well as map oceanographic and other data useful for navigation and submarine operations, among other purposes.
INS Dhruv, which took several years to be built at Hindustan Shipyard in Vizag, is manned by personnel from Navy, DRDO and NTRO, as reported by TOI earlier.
The ship can act as an early-warning system on high seas to detect and track hostile ballistic missiles launched from land or submarines against Indian mainland targets. It can be used to monitor LEO satellites being used by an adversary for military reconnaissance, spying & communications.