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BPS-500 missile boatlarger figure on 1 of 4
Tughril-class frigatelarger figure on 3 of 4
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Length
Single source62 metres (203.4 ft )[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | BPS-500 missile boat | Tughril-class frigate |
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| Power | 2 × MTU diesel engine for 19,600 bhp (14,600 kW); 2 x Kamewa pump-jets[source] | CODAD 4 × Shaanxi Shaanxi 16 PA6 STC diesel engines (Each producing 5700 kW )[source] |
| Name | BPS-500 class[source] | Tughril class[source] |
| Operators | Vietnam People's Navy[source] | Pakistan Navy[source] |
| Built | 1998–2001, 2025–present[source] | 2018–2023 |
134 m (439 ft 8 in)[source]
Displacement
Single source4,200 t (4,100 long tons )[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
| In commission | 2001–present[source] | — |
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| Building | — |
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| Laid up | — |
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| Retired | — |
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| Type | Guided-missile corvette[source] | Guided-missile frigate[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] | Radar :- SR2410C AESA radar. Type 517 (SUR17B) VHF air-search radar. Type 344 fire-control radar (for SSM ) 4 × MR-90 Front Dome (for SAM ) MR-36A surface-surveillance radar Type 347G fire-control radar (for H/PJ-26 naval gun) 2 × Racal RM-1290 I Band navigation radar Sonar :- MGK-335 medium frequency active/passive sonar system H/SJG-206 towed array sonar Communications :- ZKJ-5 combat data-system (developed from Thomson-CSF TAVITAC ) HN-900 data link (Chinese equivalent of Link 11 ) SNTI-240 SATCOM AKD5000S Ku-band SATCOM[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 warfare :- 1 × 32-cell VLS LY-80N surface-to-air missiles Anti-surface warfare :- 1 × 1-cell P-282 SMASH anti-ship ballistic missile 2 × 2-cell CM-302 anti-ship missiles Anti-submarine warfare :- 2 × Type 87 anti-submarine rocket launcher 2 × Yu-7 anti-submarine torpedo launchers Guns :- 1 × 76mm H/PJ-26 naval gun 2 × Type 1130 CIWS Decoys :- 2 × Type 726-4 decoy-launchers[source] |
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| National origin | Russia[source] | — |
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| Alternative designation | BPS-500[source] | — |
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| Builders | — | China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC) Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding (HDZH) (Subsidiary of CSSC)[source] |
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| Preceded by | — | Zulfiquar class[source] |
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| Cost | — | USD $348 million (PLAN Type 054A; not confirmed by Pakistan)[source] |
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| In service | — | 2021–present[source] |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys | — | Type 922-1 radar warning receiver (RWR) HZ-100 ECM / ELINT system Kashtan-3 missile jamming system[source] |
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| Aircraft carried | — | 1 × Harbin Z-9EC (equipped with CM-501GA land-attack missile )[source] |
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| Aviation facilities | — | Flight deck and enclosed helicopter hangar capable of accommodating Harbin Z-9 (or) Kamov Ka-27 .[source] |
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| Notes | — | Pakistan-specific variant of Type 054A frigate . Most technologically-sophisticated warships ever exported by China to date.[source] |
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| Country of origin | — | People's Republic of China[source] People's Republic of China[source] |
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