PN signed a deal for 4 F-22Ps from China in 2006 for 750 million USD. The first ship was already launched earlier this year and probably will be delivered to Pakistan sometimes next year. DefenseNews has an article on this from earlier this year. The second ship in the class has been under construction in HD shipyard for a while. One of the members on SDF asked me last night if the 2nd F-22P was launched and I just answered no. Of course, I didn't get a chance to check the military forums, because of the Halloween stuff. When I checked it this morning, it was a little embarrassing that I was wrong about it. Anyhow, here are some of the photos from 252 launching.
It's kind of interesting that the large crane for HD shipyard collapased earlier this year and seem to have affected the build progress of 054A, but has not affected F-22P progress at all.
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