ISLAMABAD — The Pakistani navy took delivery Feb. 21 of two state-of-the-art, U.S.-made surveillance aircraft nine months after Islamist militants destroyed two similar planes, officials said.
Pakistan said the P3C aircraft, modified with the latest avionics, are designed to improve surveillance in the North Arabian sea, one of the world’s most important shipping routes deeply troubled by Somali piracy.
“The two aircraft have been delivered to the Pakistan navy. These aircraft have been provided under the foreign military funding program,” a spokesman for the U.S. Embassy in Islamabad told AFP.
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