NewsDaily: Chinese fast-attack boat than can kill an aircraft carrier

New Houbei class fast-attack missile boats

The Type 022 features a wave-piercing catamaran hull design called the Small Waterplane Area Twin Hull (SWATH). 

Front view of hull 

Traditional catamarans have poor stability in high seas at high speeds. 


The specifications should be similar to the AMD350PB. AMD is the Australian company that helped China develop the fast attack patrol boat.

See more at NewsDaily: Insight: From a ferry, a Chinese fast-attack boat

source: http://www.sinodefence.com/navy/littoral/type022.asp

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