The Indonesian Navy has launched two new, locally made patrol vessels as part of ongoing attempts to bolster and upgrade its aging fleet.Navy spokesman First Adm. Iskandar Sitompul said on Thursday that the vessels, code-named KRI Krait-827 and KRI Tarihu-829, would be operated by the Western Fleet Command, based in Jakarta.
The ships, measuring 40 meters in length and 7.3 meters wide, were each equipped with a radar system, a twin-barreled cannon and two 12.7 mm machine guns, he said. Each had a maximum speed of 25 knots per hour.
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