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The ''Kuang Hua VI'' class missile boat is a new type of patrol craft entering service with the Republic of China Navy (ROCN). The prototype was launched in 2003, and the whole class is scheduled to enter service by 2010. ==Project History== The ''Kuang Hua VI'' project was first unveiled in 1996, designed to replace the ''Hai Ou'' class missile boat of patrol vessels currently in service with the ROCN. The missile boat's design was to be stealthy, therefore not carrying any air or surface search radar on board, except for the navigational radar. The missile boat's targeting info is going to come from shore and other larger naval combatants via datalink. The contract to produce 30 ''Kuang Hua VI'' missile boats was awarded to CSBC Corporation, Taiwan (then as China Ship Building Corporation, CSBC) in 2003. The prototype, FACG-60(Fast Attack Craft, Guided missile), was commissioned on October 1, 2003. However, the tender was subsequently disputed by rival bidders and the Taiwanese legislature froze the budget for the construction of the class until 2007. The ROCN and CSBC subsequently agreed that construction would commence on the 30 vessels and that work would be completed by the end of 2011, in batch of two missile crafts, but the construction works will be shared with 2 other civilian shipyards. It was reported on November 26, 2007 that work on the first two missile boats had begun. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kuang Hua VI-class missile boat」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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