Admiral Noman Bashir has taken upon himself to upgrade the AD capability of the Navy and to equip the PN Marines with maximum AD tools such as the FN-6 from China. Indian Tactical UAV's regularly invade our air space near the Karachi border, especially at night, and the PN Marines do not have the capacity to shoot them down. With the forward PN Marine posts now equipped with the around 3-4 FN-6 SAM's, now they will be able to shoot the Indian UAV's down. So on one hand this was simply a message to our counterparts across the border that PN Marines are now equipped with these SAM's so next time they will get a bloody eye if they decide to hop across the border with their UAV's.
Last year PN has also signed a US$35 million contract with the Chinese to provide around 10 pairs of dual-barreled AD guns (like the Oerlikons) with special proximity explosion ammunition with an burst altitude of around 5kms. These AD guns will be placed tactically in and around Karachi Harbour so as to neutralize and airborne invader from the east.