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Jokowi inspects large-scale naval exercise in Java Sea
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President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo (center) and military officers pose for photographs during the President's visit to a large-scale exercise conducted by the Indonesian Navy in Java Sea on Wednesday. (Courtesy of/Presidential Press Bureau)
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resident Joko "Jokowi" Widodo witnessed a large-scale biennial exercise conducted by the Navy in the Java Sea on Wednesday.
This year the event involved 39 warships of various types, eight aircraft and 7,500 personnel.
The exercise, codenamed "Armada Jaya XXXIV / 2016", witnessed a number of highlights, including a RBU 6000 anti-submarine rocket launch, as well as the trial of C-705 missiles and surface and underwater torpedoes.
Apart from being used to measure the capability of naval personnel, the exercise was also aimed at measuring the readiness of a well-equipped naval integrated fleet weapon system (SSAT) in supporting joint military operations in the future.
Jokowi expected that Indonesia in the future would be able to produce all the strategic weapons that now were made in other countries to support the effort to create self-sufficiency in defense equipment.
"We will make our own strategic weapons. I think we can learn [from the weapons that we have just bought] so that we can have our own industry produce them," Jokowi said in an official statement.
The Indonesian Military (TNI) commander Gen. Gatot Nurmantyo, State Secretary Pratikno, East Java Governor Soekarwo and Navy chief of staff Adm. Ade Supandi accompanied Jokowi during the event. (bbn)
