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Babur-class corvettelarger figure on 3 of 3
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Single source108.8m[source]
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| Specification | Babur-class corvette | BPS-500 missile boat |
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| Displacement | 3,000 tons[source] | — |
| Power | 2 × MTU 16V 595 TE90 1 × General Electric LM2500[source] | 2 × MTU diesel engine for 19,600 bhp (14,600 kW); 2 x Kamewa pump-jets[source] |
| Name | Babur class[source] | BPS-500 class[source] |
| Builders | Istanbul Naval Shipyard (INSY) Karachi Shipyard & Engineering Works (KSEW)[source] | — |
| Operators | Pakistan Navy |
BPS-500 missile boatlarger figure on 0 of 3
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62 metres (203.4 ft )[source]
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Vietnam People's Navy[source] |
| Built | 2019–present[source] | 1998–2001, 2025–present[source] |
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| Planned |
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| Completed |
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| Active |
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| Type | Multi-purpose corvette[source] | Guided-missile corvette[source] |
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| Propulsion | CODAG[source] | — |
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| Endurance | 15 days[source] | — |
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| Sensors & processing systems | Combat Suite :- HAVELSAN GENESİS ADVENT Combat Management System (CMS) Radar :- Aselsan SMART-S Mk2 S-Band 3D radar Aselsan ALPER LPI radar Aselsan AKREP (AKR-D Block B-1/2) fire-control radar Northrop Grumman LN-270 INS / GPS navigation system Sonar :- Meteksan YAKAMOS hull-mounted sonar Tracking Systems :- Aselsan SeaEye-AHTAPOT electro-optical surveillance system Aselsan PIRI infrared search and track system (IRST) Data Links :- MilSOFT Naval Information Exchange System (NIXS) C4I Pakistan-developed "Link Green" tactical data link[source] | MR-352 ("Cross Dome") search radar MR-123 ("Bass Tilt") fire control radar[source] |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys | Aselsan ARES-2NC Radar ESM[source] | — |
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| Armament | Anti-air warfare :- 12 × Albatross NG (CAMM-ER) surface-to-air missiles launcher Anti-surface warfare :- 2 × triple-cell missile launchers, for 6 P282 SMASH anti-ship missiles Anti-submarine warfare :- 2 × 3-cell Mark 32 324 mm lightweight torpedo tubes Guns :- 1 × OTO Melara 76 mm naval gun 1 × Aselsan GOKDENIZ 35 mm CIWS 2 × Aselsan STOP 25 mm remote weapon stations Decoys :- Aselsan HIZIR torpedo-countermeasure system[source] | 1 x AK-176 76 mm gun 1 x AK-630 30 mm CIWS 2 x 12.7 mm machine guns Anti-ship missiles 8 x Kh-35 Uran anti-ship missiles ( Ship 381 ) 8 x VCM-01 anti-ship missiles (from A2 onward) 1 x 9K38 Igla MANPADS[source] |
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| Aviation facilities | Flight deck with enclosed aviation hangar , for 1 anti-submarine helicopter (presumably the AgustaWestland AW159 Wildcat )[source] | — |
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| Notes | Pakistan-specific variant of Ada-class corvette[source] | — |
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| Country of origin | Turkey[source] Turkey[source] | — |
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| In commission | — | 2001–present[source] |
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| On order | — |
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| Building | — |
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| Laid up | — |
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| Retired | — |
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| Tonnage | — | 850 tons (full load)[source] |
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| National origin | — | Russia[source] |
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| Alternative designation | — | BPS-500[source] |
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