As we all know, the 022 began construction in 2004 and lasted until about 2009, in this short period of more than five years, due to the situation faced at that time, the type of boat was built at once about 83. That number is indeed huge. And in the circumstances at the time, the ship did play a role, doing well what it was supposed to do.
The displacement of the boat is about 200 tons, the use of two-body design, can reach a speed of nearly 50 knots, and is still very stable, can carry eight powerful missiles, and some of the rest of the equipment, it can be said that its performance is one of the best in the same type of ship.
At present, with the change of the situation and the development of technology, this kind of service time is not long, and the combat power is still strong in the ship has been largely sealed, which does not mean that the performance of this kind of speedboat is not good, on the contrary, it can still play a great role in many other places.
Let's start with the Pakistan Railway
The main ships of the Pakistan Railway Navy are an American Perry-class frigate and four F22 frigates, as well as a newly commissioned Tugril-class frigate, in addition to several British-built frigates that have been in service for a long time. The overall strength can basically be said to be decent.
Pakistan Navy Type 21 frigate Babur
The Indian Navy next door is relatively stronger, not only has a variety of large destroyers including the Delhi class, Calcutta class, etc., but also has an aircraft carrier HMS Vikmalatia, and will soon serve another HMS Vikrant, which is indeed not to be underestimated.
USS Vikrant
So, what role would this kind of speedboat play if it joined the Pakistani Navy?
We should see that while it was true that the ship was once thought of confronting the carrier, (and it was still an American aircraft carrier), we should all know that this is nothing more than a last resort. And even if the overall combat strength and carrier-based aircraft performance are shorter than the US aircraft carriers, the small boats will still be more difficult in the past. This is especially true in the vast Indian Ocean.
What the Pakistani Navy should do now is to continue to build large ships, and even in the future, it may be possible to develop aircraft carriers, so that it can be invincible in the future. Of course, such a small boat can also improve its strength in the short term.
Give Pakistan another one?
The situation in Iran is different.
Iran has two coastal areas, one is the Caspian Sea and the other is the Persian Gulf. Needless to say, the Caspian Sea itself is a large lake, which is very suitable for the activities of small and medium-sized ships. The same is true of the Persian Gulf.
The Persian Gulf is about 1,000 kilometers long, with an average width of 200 kilometers and an average water depth of 60 meters, while the Strait of Hormuz at the entrance to the Persian Gulf is only more than 40 kilometers wide, and the water area is not large, because of this, the Iraqi Navy has focused on the actual situation, and has not served large ships in recent years, except for 3 3000-ton destroyer Babur class made by the United States around the 1940s, which is some corvettes with a displacement of more than 1,000 tons.
Of course, there are also such 10,000-ton support ships
The Iraqi Navy now has a large number of small boats, the specific number of which is unknown, but it is said that there are hundreds of them. According to the news in May 2020, the Iraqi Navy claimed that it had received as many as 112 dinghies in one recent day!
In the sea area near Iraq, not only is the water depth shallow and the water area is small, but also due to topographic reasons, there are reefs and other reefs on the seabed, so large ships can only slow down and slowly exercise here, and such a sea area is just a stage suitable for small boats to perform.
It can be seen that the Iraqi Navy needs such ships even more.
The new boats of the Iraqi Navy are very familiar