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Who will operate the hospital ship?
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JMSDF - TNI-AL PASSEX in North Natuna Sea, Tuesday 06/10/20
Looked like a pretty through MLU. What kind of battle management information system does she employ?
Looked like a pretty through MLU. What kind of battle management information system does she employ?
Mid life upgrade of end of life upgrade ?
She's planned to sail for at least another 15 years so.....mid life i guess?Mid life upgrade of end of life upgrade ?
I think the first ship of the class has received some upgrades in the past, do they have different parts or common or second ship's upgrade was contracted to another supplier? Even i suppose we have talked about this earlierShe's planned to sail for at least another 15 years so.....mid life i guess?
She's now just an OPV with advanced CMS and electro optics that's for sure.
yes, the first of three the Fatahillah (361) have been upgraded already, but it uses different CMS and ElectronicsI think the first ship of the class has received some upgrades in the past, do they have different parts or common or second ship's upgrade was contracted to another supplier? Even i suppose we have talked about this earlier
I don't quite know,but if a ship has completed 40 years of service, it can hardly be called as mid-life upgrade, it is just an upgrade maybe to extend life or to modernize aged analogue equipments.
I think this class deserves a better upgrade than those ships:
Parchim-class corvette - Wikipedia
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The Indonesian Navy extensively refurbished their Parchims, to the point where the refurbishing exceeded the cost of purchase. They are still in service
Well, Baltic sea isn't calm as you assume, and south china sea is not rough again as you presume . The primary reason could be that, these ships are designed for cold climates and rough winter conditions, may even lack proper A/C for cooling or storing foods. And mainly these are not open-sea ocean going (blue water navy) vessels. And they would out perform KCRs in too many ways despite of their age, in Patrol or ASW Patrol role. The only shortcoming is they are not equipped with anti-ship weapons or a decent cannon to counter surface threats.Ummm no, those ships are no way suited for Indonesia, it's hull are designed for the calm and Smooth Baltic seas, unlike the South China sea, the Java sea or the waters in around Indonesia. it's electronics are outdated eastern bloc products, and from what I know, many are in a low operational readiness level.
also this.
Yep, some ships were fitted with newer weapons for the fact that those systems were either not maintained by the supplier or gone out of the production ( like the torpedoes).other ships like the Teuku Umar and Sutedi Senoputra are having their original SAET-40 40mm Torpedo replaced by MK32 324mm Triple tube Torpedo, look closely at the pic
Air conditioning is not a problem though, TNI AL is known to install commercial air cons onboard it's ships, no problem.Well, Baltic sea isn't calm as you assume, and south china sea is not rough again as you presume . The primary reason could be that, these ships are designed for cold climates and rough winter conditions, may even lack proper A/C for cooling or storing foods. And mainly these are not open-sea ocean going (blue water navy) vessels. And they would out perform KCRs in too many ways despite of their age, in Patrol or ASW Patrol role. The only shortcoming is they are not equipped with anti-ship weapons or a decent cannon to counter surface threats.
The sole reason they are over-looked by Indonesians is the fact they were bought pretty cheap and from East Germany, i bet if those were from West Germany or British, or Dutch, these ships would have been praised
Yep, some ships were fitted with newer weapons for the fact that those systems were either not maintained by the supplier or gone out of the production ( like the torpedoes).