There are several companies selling high grade engines for missiles anyway. It is a great technology yes, but assembling as also thought by some people is not just assembling stuff and flying a missile with some algorithm.
Still much cheaper compared to an AShM.
Pretty much all AShM made in 21st century capable of those. It is better if Indonesia plans to have high number of AShM missiles in future, it should be produced locally or via Joint production.
I'm all for us to have as much AShM missiles and their launch platforms as possible. However there are a few things that I'm concerned with, for example:
NSM for land attack capability right now, still needed to be work on.They said NSM can attack land target.
Naval Strike Missile (NSM)
The Naval Strike Missile (NSM) is an anti-ship / land attack cruise missile developed by Norway-based Kongsberg Defence Systems.www.naval-technology.com
How do you plan to learn how to make the future and advanced one without even making or being able to make the "common one"?
That is why i have asked the question above, start from the simplest way as soon as possible to build a knowledge to implement the future tech when it becomes available or feasible. Keywords here are "simplest" and "as soon as possible", each year spent without doing anything, the gap in future becomes wider.
I understand this, of course. But by the time the common project materializes, I'm afraid it will already obsolete. Unless, there are some major breakthrough and not only following the established patterns. Like what I'm writing previously: even if it's still subsonic, but if it also applies some stealth technologies in its design then at least it still has a better fighting chance against modern naval combatants.
in today world, technically all defense equipment already obsolete when they enter service.
Well from that point of view, students should skip 1st,2nd and 3rd year in college and skip to the 4th year because first three is obsolete and usually useless for the major anyway?
Do you think it is easy to make a missile and fly it at speeds above 0.8-0.9 Mach and engage a target BLOS on its own while possibly processing the target image and estimating where and how to approach?
That's practically what happens in the tech worlds isn't it? Even your gadgets are obsolete when their producers are starting to put those into market.
Oh no, don't get me wrong. I realize even with missiles that are currently fielded, the obstacles for us to be able to reach the capability to build one ourselves are gigantic. And it's not about 'skipping classes' either.
And what happens if a major breaks out and even for those simple missiles Indonesia relies on foreign logistics? If foreigners can possibly provide those simpler systems now, they can also provide the advanced and cutting edge systems when a major war breaks out. At least in that time, there will be no reliance to foreigners for the simpler systems
other option is NSM younger brother JSM, it got a bit larger warhead and better software, it also can be air launch.
They said NSM can attack land target.
Naval Strike Missile (NSM)
The Naval Strike Missile (NSM) is an anti-ship / land attack cruise missile developed by Norway-based Kongsberg Defence Systems.
Hovsa-Missilet (The Whoops Missile aka RGM-84) has already achieved such capability back in 1982. Its work even better, the missile can decide when to launch without any operator input. IF the missile doesn't like something, it will decide to launch itself and began to track whatever target it happen to dislike at the time. In this case it was power lines and a group of summer cottages. Luckily nobody was inside the cottages the missile hate, thus no human injury occurred as a result of it
Reminder of what we face on North Natuna sea.
We really need those Iver / Fremm / Mogami
