In all honesty, i didn't really like the concept of Antasena as a missile boat, keep those thing close to the shore and strait for patrol and anti piracy mission.
i also hoping they will buy a new bulk number of helmet with it's cover, those common occurence of glossy PASGT used by our soldier during exercise is really an eyesore.
what's wrong with that, i think the US defense.gov contracts are more transparent compared to that.
for example :
https://www.defense.gov/News/Contracts/Contract/Article/982294/
https://www.defense.gov/News/Contracts/Contract/Article/1920997/
depend, i believes non aip that use a latest battery technology might actually have greater endurance while submerged such as those taigei class with Li-ion, but their performance detail are still classified though, it might be because AIP version take a lot of space in hull section while non...
northern sulawesi and moluccas area also need an improvment of naval base infrastructure and ship/coastal defense arsenal, our big northern neighbour are known to start circling their fleet around 2nd island chain, not surprised if we found their UUV around sulawesi water.