From Wira Magazine
As instructed by Presiden himself (and as i had stated before), they want to use defense deal into counter trade deals, promote offset, the rest actually not that much important
The most shortest news i ever read
KUNJUNGAN DELEGASI ANGKATAN LAUT JEPANG
Selasa, 25 Mei 2021
Kunjungan Delegasi Angkatan Laut Jepang dalam rangka menawarkan kerjasama pengadaan kapal Vrygate.
https://www.kemhan.go.id/renhan/2021/05/25/kunjungan-delegasi-angkatan-laut-jepang.html
When we would learn by ourselves? I more prefer to give them chances and if they got stuck we then can bought foreign design and lisenced thing we are really needed. Just like our so called Fast Attack Missiles Boats, they are seemed to stuck and now MoD trying to bought Turkish solution and...
Those actually standard armament of French Navy in 80 to 90 decades
Those C802 got their DNA from Exocet Missiles
FM90N is Naval Crotale
and those 100 mm Naval gun after the Tonelle design of modele 68 French Naval gun
Those 37 mm Naval gun turret remind me of Dardo CIWS Naval turret indeed
His own relative is one of among the deceased crew of Nanggala, and Nanggala being retrofitted in South Korea before is more than enough reason to have some prejudice .....
He means to get each the Navy and Air Force 1 Billion US Dollar budget acquisition every year
Pertahanan (Menhan) Prabowo Subianto berencana mengalokasikan anggaran mencapai US$2 miliar atau Rp 29 triliun per tahun (kurs Rp 14.500/U$) untuk memperkuat TNI AL dan AU dalam menjaga laut...
At least he is trying to reasoning even during difficult time
https://www.cnbcindonesia.com/news/20210710062117-4-259721/jaga-kekayaan-laut-rp-435-t-ini-bujet-prabowo-buat-tni-al-au?utm_source=notifikasi&utm_campaign=browser&utm_medium=mobile
Alcotan had heavier warhead munition and capable to knock down early generation ERA equipped armor, meanwhile C90 series is for more against lighter type of armor and bunker
Type 26 i found is quite expensive for the kind of type warships far more than FREMM or even compared to the Aegis equipped Frigates or Destroyer, maybe this one of the reason
They are testing the reusable variant of C 90 and C90 CS, including rifle grenade. Seems they want to materialized the planning to increase platoon level firepower and one with Spanish solution
For a while JMSDF along with Seventh Fleets or Pacific Command Group still had the capability and quantity to bear the Brunt of our "neighbor" from the North adding that the Royal Australia Navy, but they keep churn out Warships like Zergs base it is only matter of time afterall