Steel Cutting Ceremony of Indigenously Designed FAC-M No.4 for Pakistan Navy was held at KS&EW

[aziqbal]

An in-house Steel Cutting Ceremony of Fast Attack Craft (Missile) No 4 being built for Pakistan Navy was held at KS&EW on 15 Dec. 2016.

Rear Admiral Syed Hasan Nasir Shah HI(M) Managing Director KS&EW was the Chief Guest.

http://www.karachishipyard.com.pk/steel-cutting-ceremony-of-facm-no-4/

 

[TOPGUN]

Good news keep them coming we need them .

 

[syed_yusuf]

what happened to the 3rd azmat class FACM, was it full inducted?

 

[YeBeWarned]

Congratulations ... I hope after this one 4 more will be build as Azmat Class FAC is very Good for Shoot and Scout Missions .. and it has Stealthy features

 

[Ghazwa e Hind]

More tanks, aircrafts, vessels are needed to make out defense more stronger! A good news indeed.

Pakistan should develop a capability to deploy dozens of small missile crafts in its EEZ. Which can hunt enemy's large vessels without being detected. Funds are problem.

 

[Areesh]

what happened to the 3rd azmat class FACM, was it full inducted?

http://www.dawn.com/news/1284347

 

[khanasifm]

These craft has anti surface mission
, I guess need some additional craft with anti sub mission capability as well
Multi mission i.e. anti air, sub and surface all in one platform will need bigger size platform such as f22p

 

[DESERT FIGHTER]

Construction of FAC(M) No 3, third vessel of Azmat class missile craft has been completed and the vessel was launched on 17 Sept 2016.

This ship is a state of the art, multi mission corvette having a length and breadth of 63 m and 8.8 m, respectively. The design draught of the ship is 2.46 m and displacement of 560 tons. The ship has maximum speed of 30 knots and a range of 1000 Nautical Miles. This ship is propelled by 04 Diesel Engines, 04 Propulsion Shafts with Fixed Pitch Propellers. The ship carries surface to surface missiles, 25 mm gun, CIWS, surface search and tracking radars. It has a stealthier design with state of the art combat system. The third vessel is an improved version compared to earlier vessels and will carry indigenous weapon system. The ship is being built under Chinese Classification Society Rules.

 

[khanasifm]

It would be nice to install automatic sam launcher like Sinbad twin mount one for each side to provide 360 coverage

http://www.mbda-systems.com/maritime-superiority/simbad-rc/

 

[Inception-06]

These craft has anti surface mission
, I guess need some additional craft with anti sub mission capability as well
Multi mission i.e. anti air, sub and surface all in one platform will need bigger size platform such as f22p

How about some anti-air mission ?

 

[I S I]

Nice.

 

[ghazi52]

Great news................

 

[AZADPAKISTAN2009]

We need to get to 20 should be making 3-4 Such ships at time

 

[nadeemkhan110]

The third Azmat-class fast attack craft. Photo credit: Karachi Shipyard & Engineering Works
KSEW CUTS STEEL FOR FOURTH AZMAT-CLASS FAST ATTACK CRAFT


Karachi Shipyard & Engineering Works (KSEW) conducted the steel-cutting ceremony of the Pakistan Navy’s fourth Azmat-class fast attack craft (FAC) on Thursday, 15 December 2016.

Last week, the Pakistan Maritime Security Agency (PMSA) also inducted two 600-ton maritime patrol vessels, the PMSS Hingol and PMSS Basol. Four additional maritime patrol vessels, including two 1,500-ton ships, are also expected.

Notes & Comments:

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 (CSOC) 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 (AShM), 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 (CIWS) for point-defence coverage (against incoming AShM).

The Azmat FAC can travel up to a speed of 30 knots (55 km/h) and range of up to 1000 nautical miles (1852 km). The ship was designed with low-detectability and low-observability characteristics.

The Pakistan Navy is using the Azmat-class FAC to support its peacetime littoral patrol and policing tasks. In wartime, the Azmat-class FACs will be called upon to guard Pakistan’s coastal assets, such as its ports, shipyard(s), and dockyards, from attacks by intruding enemy surface warships (including other FACs).

As part of its efforts to strengthen its littoral defence stature in and around the Gwadar deep-sea port, the Pakistan Navy recently established a new unit, Task Force-88 (TF-88).

As per Navy officials (via Dawn News), TF-88 will be equipped with “ships, Fast Attack Craft, aircraft, drones, and surveillance assets.” In this respect, the Pakistan Navy announced that it is seeking four to six new FACs from China and/or Turkey, with the latter offering its new FAC-55 design. It is also possible that additional Azmat-class FACs (potentially with upgrades) could be procured to fulfill the TF-88 requirement

http://quwa.org/2016/12/18/ksew-cuts-steel-for-fourth-azmat-class-fast-attack-craft/

 

[nomi007]

great
hope we will add 2-4 more these type