IMHO perhaps because of the following:
firstly: because then it raise question on what happen to Nagapasas that causes us to acquire hulls that offer no qualitative edge compared to Nagapasas?;
secondly: do we already have in place, a plan to upgrade those hulls? again, because the hulls in...
yep agree with you, if materialized, it will not provide any advantage if no modification were made. However, it does begs the question of what triggers this deal? are there something wrong with the Nagapasa that makes us willing to spend money to just add submarine hulls? if indeed there are...
obviously personal opinion here, however if we start to think about our military's habit of not buying stuff in bulk (esp, weapons, munitions), what difference will F-15 EX make during wartime or heightened situation, if we can only sortie them out with minimum load out (considering our...
in my opinion this has "dana komando" written all over it. if you are going to purchase different platform from different country or shipyard that is fine, but for God's sake keep the sensor, weaponry and engine system standardized.