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Petty Officer 3rd Class Louis Staats · Public domain · Resized · Public domain · Source ↗ · Modified
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Badr-class corvettelarger figure on 3 of 5
BPS-500 missile boatlarger figure on 2 of 5
Measured figures
Length
Single source245 ft (75 m)[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | Badr-class corvette | BPS-500 missile boat |
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| Power | 1 GE LM-2500 gas turbine[source] | 2 × MTU diesel engine for 19,600 bhp (14,600 kW); 2 x Kamewa pump-jets[source] |
| Name | Badr class[source] | BPS-500 class[source] |
| Builders | Tacoma Boatbuilding Company , Tacoma, Washington , United States[source] | — |
| Operators | Royal Saudi Navy[source] | Vietnam People's Navy[source] |
Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.
62 metres (203.4 ft )[source]
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| In commission | 1981–present[source] | 2001–present[source] |
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| Completed |
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| Active |
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| Type | Corvette[source] | Guided-missile corvette[source] |
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| Propulsion | 2 MTU 12V652 TB91 diesels[source] | — |
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| Sensors & processing systems | Radars Lockheed SPS-40B (Air search) ISC Cardion SPS-55 (surface search) Sperry Mk 92 (fire control) Sonar Hull-mounted Raytheon SQS-56 (DE1164)[source] | MR-352 ("Cross Dome") search radar MR-123 ("Bass Tilt") fire control radar[source] |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys | SQ-32(V)1 ESM[source] | — |
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| Armament | Eight McDonnell Douglas Harpoon launchers, 2 × 4 One FMC/OTO Melara 3-inch (76 mm)/62 Mk 75 Mod 0 gun One GE/GD 20 mm 6-barrel Vulcan Phalanx Two Oerlikon 20 mm/80 cannon One 81 mm mortar One 40 mm Mk 19 grenade launcher Six 324 mm US Mk 32 torpedo tubes (2 × 3) Honeywell Mk 46 Decoys: Two Loral Hycor SRBOC 6-barrel Mk 36 fixed launchers[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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| Country of origin | Saudi Arabia[source] | — |
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| Built | — | 1998–2001, 2025–present[source] |
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| Planned | — |
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| On order | — |
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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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