The ''Azmat''-class stealth fast attack craft (military designation: Azmat FAC(M)) is a class of missile-bearing

fast attack craft A fast attack craft (FAC) is a small, fast, agile, offensive, often affordable warship armed with anti-ship missiles, gun or torpedoes. FACs are usually operated in close proximity to land as they lack both the seakeeping and all-round defensiv ...

, currently in service with the

Pakistan Navy ur, ہمارے لیے اللّٰہ کافی ہے اور وہ بہترین کارساز ہے۔ English: Allah is Sufficient for us - and what an excellent (reliable) Trustee (of affairs) is He!(''Qur'an, 3:173'') , type ...

. The ''Azmat''-class is based on the Chinese design, Houjian class. The Pakistani ''Azmat''-class is the modernized version according to the requirements of Pakistan Navy. The project was jointly designed and constructed in Pakistan and China after a partnership agreement was signed between two Chinese contractors,

China State Shipbuilding Corporation The China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC) is a Chinese shipbuilding conglomerate. Description CSSC is one of the top 10 defence groups in China. It consists of various shipyards, equipment manufacturers, research institutes and shipbu ...

and the Xingang Shipyard and the Pakistan-based KSEW Ltd. The ''Azmat''-class ships are intended for deployment in maritime patrol, anti-surface warfare, anti-air warfare, search-and-rescue (SAR) and anti-piracy missions.

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{{reflist Missile boat classes China–Pakistan military relations Ships built in Pakistan Ships built in China