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BPS-500 missile boatlarger figure on 1 of 3
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Length
Single source62 metres (203.4 ft )[source]
Length
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| Specification | BPS-500 missile boat | Kamorta-class corvette |
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| Name | BPS-500 class[source] | Kamorta class[source] |
| Operators | Vietnam People's Navy[source] | Indian Navy[source] |
| Built | 1998–2001, 2025–present[source] | — |
| In commission | 2001–present[source] | — |
| Planned |
Kamorta-class corvettelarger figure on 2 of 3
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109 m (357 ft 7 in)[source]
full load
Single source3,300 tonnes (3,200 long tons) full load[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
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| Type | Guided-missile corvette[source] | Anti-submarine warfare corvette[source] |
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| Tonnage | 850 tons (full load)[source] | — |
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| Sensors & processing systems | MR-352 ("Cross Dome") search radar MR-123 ("Bass Tilt") fire control radar[source] | Revati Central Acquisition Radar EL/M-2221 STGR fire-control radar BEL Shikari NPOL HUMSA (Hull Mounted Sonar Array) Bomber Electronic warfare (EW) suites - BEL Ajanta[source] |
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| Armament | 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] | Anti-air weaponry: 1 × OTO Melara 76 mm Super Rapid Gun Mount (SRGM)-Manufactured by BHEL 2 x AK-630M CIWS 32 × VL-SRSAM (planned) Anti-submarine warfare: 2 × RBU-6000 (IRL) anti-submarine rocket launcher 2 x twin 533 mm torpedo tubes ( Varunastra )[source] |
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| National origin | Russia[source] | — |
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| Alternative designation | BPS-500[source] | — |
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| Builders | — | Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers[source] |
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| Preceded by | — | Kora class by precedence Abhay class by role[source] |
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| Succeeded by | — | ASW SWC class[source] |
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| Cost | — | ₹ 7,800 crore (equivalent to ₹ 120 billion or US$1.2 billion in 2023) for four ships (FY 2015) ₹ 1,950 crore (equivalent to ₹ 29 billion or US$310 million in 2023) per unit (FY 2015)[source] |
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| Propulsion | — | CODAD : 4 × Pielstick 12PA 6 STC6 Diesel engines[source] |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys | — | Sanket electronic warfare system Kavach decoy launcher CMS-28 combat management system[source] |
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| Aircraft carried | — | 1 × Ka-28 PL or HAL Dhruv[source] |
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| Aviation facilities | — | Rail-less helo traversing system and foldable hangar door[source] |
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| Country of origin | — | India[source] India[source] |
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