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KSEW cuts steel for fourth Azmat-class fast attack craft- The 18th China£¨Guangzhou£©Int¡¯l Sheet metal machinery,Forging, Stamping and Setting Equipment Exhibition
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Karachi Shipyard & Engineering Works conducted the steel-cutting ceremony of the Pakistan Navy¡¯s fourth Azmat-class fast attack craft on Thursday, 15 December 2016.
Last week, the Pakistan Maritime Security Agency also inducted two 600 tonne maritime patrol vessels, the PMSS Hingol and PMSS Basol. Four additional maritime patrol vessels, including two 1,500 tonne ships, are also expected.
The Pakistan Navy presently operates two Azmat-class FACs, the PNS Azmat and PNS Dehshat. The third Azmat-class FAC was launched by KSEW for sea trials in September of this year.
The four Azmat-class FACs were ordered from China Shipbuilding and Offshore Company in 2010, with three of the FACs to be built in Pakistan by KSEW. The FACs were ordered following a breakdown in efforts to procure four corvettes from Turkey in the late 2000s.
With a displacement of 560 tons, the Azmat FAC is armed with eight C-802 anti-ship missiles each missile providing the Azmat an attack coverage of up to 180 km. The FAC is also armed with one 30 mm forward gun, two 12.7 mm machine guns, and a single AK-630 close-in-weapons-system for point defence coverage (against incoming AShM).
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The 18th China£¨Guangzhou£©Int¡¯l
Sheet metal machinery,Forging, Stamping and Setting Equipment Exhibition
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