Pakistan commissions Azmat class Fast Attack Craft PNS Haibat.

According to a tweet published by QasimPort on March 30, 2022, KS&EW, MTC, and the Pakistan Navy commissioned of Azmat-class Fast Attack Craft PNS Haibat.
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Azmat class Fast Attack Craft PNS Haibat (Picture source: QasimPort)

The Azmat-class fast attack craft (Azmat FAC(M) is a class of missile-bearing fast attack craft, currently in service with the Pakistan Navy as of 2017.  The project was jointly designed and constructed in Pakistan and China after a partnership agreement was signed between two Chinese contractors, China State Shipbuilding Corporation and the Xingang Shipyard and the Pakistan-based KSEW Ltd.

The Azmat-class ships are intended for deployment in maritime patrol, anti-surface warfare, anti-air warfare, search-and-rescue (SAR), and anti-piracy missions. The displacement of the class is 500-600 tons and she has a length of 60-meter.

AZMAT Class Fast Attack Craft (Missile) has a crew of 12 to 14 sailors which is less than half that of a similar FAC(M). Each FAC(M) will cost around $50 million.

AZMAT Fast Attack Craft vessel (Missile) is equipped with C802A Surface-to-Surface Anti-Ship Missiles which have a range of 180 kilometers. AZMAT FAC(M) uses the latest stealthy features to avoid detection from long ranges. force.