BPS-500 is a missile boat in service with the Vietnam People's Navy. It was the only missile boat built under the project KBO 2000 where Vietnam started to domestically build this class in the late 1990s. KBO 2000 is a joint project between the Ukrainian State Research and Design Shipbuilding Center and Vietnam in order to build missile boats in Vietnam with assistance from Russia. Russia which is represented by Severnoye Project Design Bureau (SPKB) is involved in the design scheme of missile boats of the BPS-500 class as required by the Vietnam Navy.[1][2]
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| Class overview | |
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| Name | BPS-500 |
| Operators |  Vietnam People's Navy |
| Completed | 1 |
| Active | 1 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Missile boat |
| Displacement | 517 tons |
| Length | 62 m (203 ft) |
| Beam | 11 m (36 ft) |
| Speed | 32–35 knots (59–65 km/h; 37–40 mph) |
| Complement | 28-44 |
| Sensors and processing systems | Pozitiv ME multimode radar |
| Armament |
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References
edit- Worldwide Equipment Guide 2011 Volume 3, United States Army Training and Doctrine Command, section 1, p. 3.
- ^ [1] BPS-500
- ^ Minnick, Wendell (8 August 2017). "Vietnam Pushes Modernization as China Challenge Grows".
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