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well I believe if they stop allocating the majority of their funding to pay salary and benefits (i.e. reducing personnel) and stop buying fancy operational cars, and no "magical" cuts occur to their funding, perhaps they can find the money to put RCWS on those BTRs

really hate this tendency to blame other people for one's own mistakes. Nanggala is only one of several mishaps that cause the navy to lose ships, only this time 53 souls were lost. If they really want to make an improvement, they should start to look down into the navy itself, find the root...

well if you don't cut the spec (and consequently the price), do tell me how the admiral can finance his fancy car or fancy hermes bag for the mrs. admiral?

minigun and rocket armed NBell 412 would do the trick just fine. Now if only we can sprinkle more armed drone to monitor and listen to them and send them back to God almighty (if situation permit) that would be even better

no need to kill them, just relocate them to the tropical paradise of Boven Digoel, where they can witness the beauty of the surrounding area while they peacefully taking care of their organic and sustainable green farm

They don't even see the need to cover their true intention :D

so it is already mid year and still no certainty about rafale?

Govt should silence those traitorous SJW the likes of Dandhy Laksono, Veronica Koman. A lot of SJW making noises in the social media, and perhaps in real life those people also help in raising fund that can be used by KKB against us. Notwithstanding foreign support (if any) domestic support from...

PLAN would have a field day in mapping out the topography in Strait of Bali. Great way to provide free knowledge and information to your potential enemy

i would rule out fishing net from the potential factors. Maintenance is definitely a major factor

from this tragedy the maintenance culture of TNI AL need to be audited, root cause should be found and rectified ASAP. high ranking officers also need to share the burden of responsibility. they clearly should stop spewing "world class navy" jargon

actually the same issue with a midget sub. even building an SSK still have success related risk. perhaps building a tourism subs is the only risk free option

ARA San Juan was found by a sonar equipped ROV not towed array sonar. Towed array sonar itself uses hydrophones towed on a cable trailing behind a submarine or a surface ship. it can be miles long and it is designed to keep the array's sensors away from the tow vessel's noise to improve its...

oh and while we are on the topic of submarine rescue, personally, I would prefer us to do RnD on DSRV rather than midget subs. At least the role and benefit are much clearer

well if the towed sonar have the same depth range as the bow or hull mounted sonar then the issue is still the same right?

well, time is of the essence and considering SSK is much smaller than their SSN cousins, the crew will have much less time to survive. considering the width of our nation that is why I said we need at least three one on each fleet base. on water depth I tend to disagree with the notion that...

if the wreck lies below the effective range of sonar of those vessels on the surface then what is the point? you need to send a DSRV and look for it.

I thought Indonesian water are shallows thus would be easy to find the sub. On a serious note, if she (or what remains of her) was indeed resting at the bottom at +/- 700 meter water depth then the best way to find her is by sending a DSRV down there. AFAIK no sonars can reach that depth. On...

having speed in excess of 30 Knots is good if you would like to dash and evade being in the same place for too long at any given time (for sure combined with other sensors to reduce enemy's capability to locate you). But then again, for our capital ships to move at that kind of speed it means...

regardless whether it is an FPSO or an oil rig, it is located and installed in Kakap Field which is a hydrocarbon field under an Indonesia PSC.