Navy to beef up fleet’s arsenal

The Jakarta Post   |  Tue, 11/24/2009 7:24 PM  |  National

Navy Chief of Staff Vice Adm. Agus Suhartono said Tuesday the Navy would strengthen the warfare capabilities of its fleet with assistance from state shipbuilding firm PT PAL.

Agus said PT PAL would upgrade the weapons on some warships that conduct routine patrols in border areas and along remote islands. The vessels will be armed with torpedoes.

“We can not yet manufacture torpedoes, but PT PAL can integrate them into our warships,” Agus told Antara news agency.

Navy spokesman Commodore Iskandar Sitompul said the Indonesian Navy had ordered a number of C-802 cruise missiles from China for its patrol boats.

“We have conducted several test fires and were satisfied with the results. We are therefore planning to buy a number of C-802 missiles,” Iskandar said.
                                                                                                                                                                                     The Chinese-made missile is used by the naval forces of Iran, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Thailand and Myanmar.
  

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