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...Cont’d from page 1 USA, Canada, UK, Australia, Pakistan, Royal Navy of Oman. The Pakistan
Navy has sent three of its warships PNS
WARSHIPS DROP and India with their own pavilions, while Shamsheer, a Zulfiquar-class frigate, PNS
Croatia, South Korea, Jordan and Iran are
ANCHOR AT marking their appearance with country Azmat, an Azmat-class missile boat, and
HAMAD PORT pavilions for the first time. PMSS Kolachi, a Kashmir-class patrol
vessel – are also part of the event.
Other warships marking their show par-
In addition to the sophisticated naval ticipation, include HMS Middleton, a Hunt ZAIR-AL-BAHR CONDUCTED BETWEEN INDIAN
hardware on display, approximately 200 Class mine countermeasures vessel of NAVY AND QATAR NAVY LAST AUGUST
international and domestic exhibitors are the British Royal Navy, Italian Navy frig-
showcasing the latest military hardware ate ITS Carlo Bergamini, INS Kolkata,
along with Qatar’s growing indigenous an Indian Navy stealth guided-missile
defence capability. destroyer, BNS Prottasha, a Type 056
stealth surface warfare guided mis-
The theme of the show ‘Connecting the sile corvette of the Bangladesh Navy,
World’s Maritime Defence and Security Algeria’s El-Moudamir, an El Radii class
Community’ has attracted participation frigate, Hitteen, the Badr class corvette
from China, Italy, France, Germany, Turkey, of the Saudi Navy, and Al Nassir of the

JADARA “The new RPG will have a range of 500

meters. This should also be ready by the
MAKING last quarter of this year,” Jafar added.

Referring to the rising demand for ATGMs
NEW in the region, Jaffar said: “In the last sev-
eral months countries in the Middle East
and African regions have shown great
ATGM interest in anti-tank missiles, both hand-
held and vehicle mounted. Our customers
are mainly the UAE, Egypt, Tunisia and
As countries in the Middle East are Azerbaijan, but now we want to expand
seeking to acquire more medium-range our market share to Saudi Arabia, Qatar
anti-tank guided missiles (ATGMs), and other countries in the region.”
Jordan’s Jadara Equipment and Defence
Systems has revealed that it is developing In Egypt, the company had signed three
a new weapon with a range of 3.5 kilo- contracts in the last three years to supply
meters. ATGMS, including the latest RPG-32
Nashshab short-range weapon system,
“We are developing a new ATGM called and is currently negotiating a new deal to
“Spear”. Almost 60 per cent of the devel- deliver more ATGMs, he informed. “The
opment work is complete and we expect Egyptian army is also interested in our
to test the missile by the end of this year,” remote-controlled system “QUAD” on
Khaled Jafar, vice-chairman of the com- ground/vehicle, and the medium-range
pany, has said. Terminator ATGM, which can engage
targets at a range of 2.5km with four
Jadara is also developing a new rock- laser-guided missile systems and also
et-propelled grenade launcher J-Raptor. has a 7.62mm machine-gun.”

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