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[[Image:Teniente Orella LM37.jpg|thumb|A fast attack craft of the [[Chilean Navy]]]]
A '''fast attack craft''' ('''FAC''')
A fast attack craft's main advantage over other warship types is its affordability. Many FACs can be deployed at a relatively low cost, allowing a navy which is at a disadvantage to effectively defend itself against a larger adversary.<ref>{{cite web |date=4 March 2015 |title=Taiwan must rethink naval strategy: expert |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2012/09/09/2003542316 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230921084154/https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2012/09/09/2003542316 |archive-date=2023-09-21 |access-date=11 March 2015 |publisher=Taipei Times}}</ref> A small boat, when equipped with the same weapons as its larger counterpart, can pose a serious threat to even the largest of capital ships. Their major disadvantages are poor seagoing qualities, cramped quarters and poor defence against aerial threats.
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[[File:183R.JPG|thumb|left|A {{sclass2|Komar|missile boat|2}} launching a [[Styx missile]]]]
[[File:HMS Ystad R142.JPG|thumb|left|The Swedish [[Norrköping-class missile boat|''Norrköping''-class missile boat]] HSwMS ''Ystad'']]
With the development of the [[anti-ship missile]], FACs were reborn in the Soviet Union as "[[missile boat]]s" or "missile cutters". The first few missile boats were originally torpedo boats, with the torpedo tubes replaced by missile launchers. Again, small fast craft could attack and destroy a major warship. The idea was first tested by the Soviet Union which, in August 1957, produced the {{sclass2|Komar|missile boat|4}} which mounted two [[P-15 Termit]] missiles on a {{convert|25|m|ft|sing=on}} hull with a top speed of around {{convert|40|kn|lk=in}}. Endurance was limited to {{convert|1000|nmi|lk=in}} at {{convert|12|kn}} and the vessels had supplies for only five days at sea. 110 Komar-class vessels were produced, while over 400 examples were built of the following {{sclass2|Osa|missile boat|4}} with a significant portion of the total being sold to pro-Soviet nations.
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