Maksudnya kalau ini benar, ya gak guna juga ITAR FREE wong sama aja dengan US, kebijakan dikendalikan oleh negara produsen.
Yg dicari dari ITAR FREE kan kebebasannya biar tidak "terkekang" dari US.
Plus harganya mahal poll, kalau ngambil spek full kayak Yunani harga perkapal nya 1,1 milyar dollar.
Direntang harga segitu better ambil Fremm Evo atau F110.
AL & Kemhan kyknya punya fetish frigate besar min 140m, AH140 aja yg udh 138m mau dipanjangin lagi ukurannya, sementara FDI ukurannya cuma 122m, Fremm kyknya masih jadi top of mind AL & Kemhan.
Not sure if it means the ability to carry BVR missiles, it could just mean BVR literally 🗿, that's the weakness of non-defense media, mistranslations & misinterpretations often occur.
According to JANES, the FMP Indonesia will have a configuration of 12 vls mrad, 12 vls lrad, and 16 vls ssm.
https://www.janes.com/defence-news/news-detail/pt-pal-lays-keel-for-indonesias-first-red-white-frigate
From this statement it can be concluded that TNI AL is actually more inclined towards German products and the scorpene was only chosen for the sake of PT PAL and better offset.
A ship that does not possess hull-mounted sonar has low situational awareness and is also highly vulnerable to submarine torpedoes.
This is why most proper warships have both, as towed array sonar cannot be used in all conditions.