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Tuesday, December 08, 2009

Still a long wait until Navy can operate more submarines

Type 209/1200Because of limited government budget allocations, the Indonesian Navy will have to wait for up to four years before procuring two additional submarines to strengthen the current fleet of two submarines.

"This isn't our call because we have to coordinate with the Indonesian Military *TNI*, the Defense Ministry and the government," Navy Chief of Staff Vice Adm. Agus Suhartono was quoted as saying by Antara news agency in Surabaya on Saturday.

"We have proposed the plan for quite some time now and the budget is still being studied. Hopefully, the two submarines can be procured by 2014," he said.

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1 comment:

  1. Saturn 514/12/09 20:28

    An interesting story. And a very nice photo of Istanbul.

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