and locally produced ships including the American , British-designed , and locally-built (built with Chinese assistance). Decommissioning of the ageing destroyer has commenced due to construction of the additional missile guidance in Pakistan by 2021, and the acquisition of the Jiangkai II-class frigates from China that started in 2017. The Tariq class are the guided missile destroyers that are in the service with the 25th Destroyer Squadron while the F-22P Zulfiquar class are the guided missile frigate attached with the 18th Destroyer Squadron with a complement of the American-transferred (now PNS Alamgir) in 2011. In 1992, the French Navy transferred its and helped designed the s in Pakistan as a local production that increased the Pakistan Navy's operational scope and its overall capabilities. In 2011, the Navy commissioned the Azmat-class corvette based on the Chinese design of Type 037II Houjian missile boat with the lead boat being designed in China while three remaining were built in Pakistan through the technology transfer agreement– these missile boats are commissioned into the 10th Patrol Squadron. In addition, the 10th Patrol Squadron has commissioned the two Jurrat-class missile boats based on the German-designed and two missile boat based on the from the Turkish design, MRTP. The Larkana-class gunboats are locally produced at the KSEW Ltd. in Karachi that is in the current service with the Pakistan Navy, forming the Fast Patrol Craft Squadron. In addition to the Navy's operations of warships, the Navy operates twenty-two coast guard ships intended for the [Maritime Security Agency–most are imported from China while others are locally build to guard the coastal shoreline of Pakistan's seaborne borders from the illegal activities, followed by the ten of the locally designed and built patrol boats for the Coast Guards for the safety and policing of the beaches in the country. In 2017, the Pakistan Navy entered in discussion with the Turkish Navy to acquire four of the MILGEM-class warship, and eventually signing a major defence deal based on a technology transfer with Turkey on 5 July 2018, which was described as "the largest defense export of Turkey in one agreement." The Pakistan Navy Fleet Tanker Project (PNFT), of which STM, one of Turkey's leading companies in the defence industry, is the prime contractor, joined the Pakistan Navy in 2018. On 1 June 2018, Pakistan Navy ordered four Type 054As. The ships are expected to enter service by 2021. The steel-cutting ceremony