btw, i actually getting a bit worried about our naval procurement, the gado gado stuff, i'm fine about all the electronics and censory thing from all over the world, but for the missile, man it's too many for us to maintain and with no interchangeability from one platform to another
let's see,
Keeping status quo doesn't always means making our armed forces having and operating gado-gado stuff. As long as we good at balancing our politics and economics relation it should be fine if we lean towards one side over another.
Actually the design of Scorpene with an X-rudder already there from 2015, as shown on the video
after careful consideration, i really like it, very fitting design overall, hansom boii
I wonder what will PPA and AH140 class be named after?
There is still so much notable great person / hero that still unused for ship naming, such as :
Jenderal Sudirman
Gatot Subroto
Otto Iskandar Dinata
A. H. Nasution
Antasari
Urip Sumoharjo
Adam Malik
Teuku Chik Di Tiro
Mangkunagara
Muhammad...
BTW, KRI Radjiman belom berangkat ya, dah sebulan ini semenjak di cat putih, kalo gini kasusnya apakah kita yang terlalu bersemangat ato pihak mesir yang gadapet izin israel ya?
You know the Kemhan plan to build new military industry complex in Lampung province right, the idea has been around since 2017, and one of them is shipbuilding facility.
https://tekno.tempo.co/read/1192217/pt-pal-siapkan-pabrik-kapal-perang-di-lampung
Penyiapan lahan misalnya diproyeksikan...
https://maritim.go.id/detail/pemerintah-sepakat-bentuk-indonesian-coast-guard-melalui-fusi-antara-bakamla-dan-kplp
Rapat yang dihadiri oleh Menteri KP, Menteri Perhubungan, Kepala BAKAMLA dan perwakilan 15 Kementerian/Lembaga lain yang memiliki keterkaitan atas UU Kelautan tersebut secara bulat...
Come on, wasn't it just couple weeks ago that KKIP held an offset meeting with Boeing regarding this Eagle2. There is no way that the MoD doesn't submit the request, it's just the matter of time, either it's sooner or later.
For anyone still wondering, why there are some military ship stationed within that specific area?. They are actually Combined Task Force (CTF) 153, coalition of 39 country
(and YES PLAAN actually actively participating with the U.S Navy to protect their merchant ship. And NO, Indonesia does not...