OVERVIEW: The Sa'ar 6-class corvette is a two-shaft controllable pitch propeller (CPP), combined diesel and diesel (CODAD) missile armed multi-mission patrol vessel intended primarily for maritime air and missile defense. 

DETAILS: The Sa'ar 6 is based on the German MEKO 100 patrol corvette, but with engineering changes to accommodate Israeli-built sensors and missiles.  The class is intended to defend offshore infrastructure, such as Israeli off-shore gas drilling platforms.  Consequentially, it is equipped with the Iron Dome missile defense system, and has increased at sea endurance.  The Sa’ar 6 has a low radar cross-section.   


Specifications: 

Displacement:	1,900 long tons (1,900 t)(full load)
Length:		90 m (295 ft 3 in)
Range:		2500 nm; 4,000 km
Speed:		24 knts
Main Sensor:	EL/M-2248 MF-STAR AESA radar
Armament:	1 × Oto Melara 76 mm main gun
		2 × Typhoon Weapon Stations
		16 vertical launch cells for Barak-8 surface-to-air missiles
		40 vertical launch cells for C-Dome point defense system
		16 anti-ship missiles,
		2 × 324 mm (13 in) torpedo launchers
		1 SH-60 size helo
Complement:	70 (approximate)


NOTES: IOC December 2020. INS Magen, INS Oz, INS Independence and INS Victory. 

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