Mubarraz class fast attack craft
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The Mubarraz class is a class of fast attack craft
that was built for the United Arab Emirates Navy
in the late 1980s and commissioned in 1990. As of 2009 both vessels remain in service.
Fast Attack Craft
Fast Attack Craft are small, fast, agile and offensive warships, that are armed with anti-ship missiles, guns or torpedoes. These are usually operated in close proximity to land as they lack both the sea-keeping and all-round defensive capabilities to survive in blue water. The size of the vessel...
that was built for the United Arab Emirates Navy
United Arab Emirates Navy
The United Arab Emirates Navy is small force of about 2,500 personnel. It maintains 12 well-equipped coastal patrol boats and eight missile boats....
in the late 1980s and commissioned in 1990. As of 2009 both vessels remain in service.