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ASIA PACIFIC Date Posted: 25-Apr-2012
China delivers first Azmat-class FAC to Pakistan
Farhan Bokhari - Correspondent - Islamabad
China handed over the first of two Azmat-class fast-attack craft to the Pakistan Navy (PN) on 23 April, in the latest example of co-operation between the two countries.
Azmat was handed over at Xingang Shipyard in Tianjin, where the 63 m-long, 560-tonne vessel was built under a government-to-government contract signed in 2010.
Azmat's armament includes a twin 25 mm gun mounting and eight C-802A surface-to-surface missiles. (Pakistan Navy)
Based on the Houjian-class (Type 037/2) missile craft in service with the People's Liberation Army Navy, Azmat is designed to carry eight C-802A (YJ-83/CSS-N-8 'Saccade') surface-to-surface missiles, two 25 mm guns (in a twin mounting forward) and two 12.7 mm machine guns.
Ship 2 is being built by Karachi Shipyard and Engineering Works (KSEW) under a technology transfer agreement. China has previously agreed to sell four Sword-class (F-22P) frigates - a modification of the Jiangwei II (Type 053H3) design - to the PN in a similar deal involving collaboration between KSEW and Chinese shipbuilders.
In March 2011, Islamabad announced it had begun talks with Beijing on the purchase of six new submarines to complement the PN's three Khalid-class (Agosta 90B) submarines, two Hashmat-class (Agosta 70) boats and three midgets. No further information has been forthcoming on these talks.
China delivers first Azmat-class FAC to Pakistan
Farhan Bokhari - Correspondent - Islamabad
China handed over the first of two Azmat-class fast-attack craft to the Pakistan Navy (PN) on 23 April, in the latest example of co-operation between the two countries.
Azmat was handed over at Xingang Shipyard in Tianjin, where the 63 m-long, 560-tonne vessel was built under a government-to-government contract signed in 2010.
Azmat's armament includes a twin 25 mm gun mounting and eight C-802A surface-to-surface missiles. (Pakistan Navy)
Based on the Houjian-class (Type 037/2) missile craft in service with the People's Liberation Army Navy, Azmat is designed to carry eight C-802A (YJ-83/CSS-N-8 'Saccade') surface-to-surface missiles, two 25 mm guns (in a twin mounting forward) and two 12.7 mm machine guns.
Ship 2 is being built by Karachi Shipyard and Engineering Works (KSEW) under a technology transfer agreement. China has previously agreed to sell four Sword-class (F-22P) frigates - a modification of the Jiangwei II (Type 053H3) design - to the PN in a similar deal involving collaboration between KSEW and Chinese shipbuilders.
In March 2011, Islamabad announced it had begun talks with Beijing on the purchase of six new submarines to complement the PN's three Khalid-class (Agosta 90B) submarines, two Hashmat-class (Agosta 70) boats and three midgets. No further information has been forthcoming on these talks.