PNS Hameed () is a

very low frequency Very low frequency or VLF is the ITU designation for radio frequencies (RF) in the range of 3–30 kHz, corresponding to wavelengths from 100 to 10 km, respectively. The band is also known as the myriameter band or myriameter wave ...

(VLF) radio transmitter facility of the

Pakistan Navy The Pakistan Navy (PN) (; ''romanized'': Pākistān Bahrí'a; ) is the naval warfare branch of the Pakistan Armed Forces. The Chief of the Naval Staff, a four-star admiral, commands the navy and is a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Com ...

, located near at the coastal areas of

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, Pakistan. The primary mission of this naval base is to communicate orders with the submerged submarines in the

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at very low frequency. It is the first of its kind facility with very low frequency transmission capabilities, which will enable the Pakistan Navy to communicate with its submerged submarines. It was established in 2016 and is named after in memory of Lieutenant-Commander Pervez Hameed–the first officer of which was lost in 1971. The base was inaugurated by the Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff General

Rashad Mahmood Rashad Mahmood NI(M) (), is a retired four-star army general in the Pakistan Army who served as the 15th Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee. He was appointed as Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee of Pakistan by prime minister Nawaz S ...

and Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Muhammad Zakaullah in November 2016.

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