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Saturday, July 30, 2011

Indonesia to boost submarine fleet next year


The Surabaya docks owned by PT PAL Indonesia
Indonesia plans to build two diesel-powered submarines early next year at a dock in Surabaya, with technological help from another country, a military official said.

Several countries had been approached and one had agreed to build the submarines on a joint-production basis, Brigadier-General Hartind Asrin, head of communications at the Defence Ministry, was reported as saying on Thursday by news website Vivanews.com

He said the identity of the partner country would be revealed by the end of the year.

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