KARACHI – Pakistan Navy major Maritime Exercise SEASPARK 2018 is in fullswing.
Chief of the Naval Staff, Admiral Zafar Mahmood Abbasi visited Naval unitsand installations on Makran Coast including Gwadar, Turbat and Jinnah NavalBase at Ormara.
Upon arrival at HQ COMWEST at Gwadar which is entrusted with Defense andSecurity of Gwadar Port, a lynchpin of CPEC, through effective employmentof Task Force-88, Chief of the Naval Staff was received by Commander Coast,Rear Admiral Moazzam llyas and Rear Admiral Faisal Rasul Lodhi, DeputyChief of Naval Staff (Operations).
A comprehensive brief was presented on operational deployment of assetsalong the west coast to maintain Coastal Security and Harbour Defence andGround Based Air Defence of designated areas.
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Subsequently, the Naval Chief witnessed live weapon firing of ground basedsurface to air missiles, wherein, firing of three different types of airdefence missiles was demonstrated.
