Kapal Selam Rusia Dijajaki TNI untuk Dibeli
Indonesian Military Studyng and Calculating Russian Submarines
Reporter : Rizki Saleh
Editor : Cahyani Harzi
Translator : Dhelia Gani
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Makassar (B2B) - Panglima TNI Jenderal TNI Moeldoko menyatakan pihaknya sedang menjajaki kemungkinan penambahan armada kapal selam jenis Kilo Class asal Rusia.
"Saat ini masih dalam penjajakan dan sedang dikalkulasi. Jika kapal selam Kilo Class ini bisa kita datangkan maka tentu luar biasa. Kapal selam ini memiliki kemampuan dalam menembak sudal yang sangat jauh," jelasnya di Makassar, Minggu.
Selain kapal selam dari Rusia, TNI juga akan mendatangkan tiga kapal selam dari Korea Selatan. Kehadiran tiga kapal selam itu akan melengkapi kapal selam yang ada sebelumnya.
Saat ini Indonesia dikabarkan hanya memiliki dua kapal selam, salah satunya berasal dari Jerman dengan tipe 209 class.
Kapal selam tersebut telah mengalami modify combat management system sehingga memiliki "daya pukul" yang lebih kuat.
Makassar (B2B) - The Indonesian military (TNI) chief Gen. Moeldoko, confirmed that TNI is studying the possibility of strengthening its submarine fleet with Russian Kilo Class submarines.
"Currently we are still studying and calculating the plan to strengthen our defense in the water territory. It would be great if we could acquire the Kilo Class submarines, which have a long firing range of guided missiles," Moeldoko said here on Sunday.
Indonesia will also acquire three units of submarine from South Korea to add to the two units the navy already has at present.
The type of Kilo Class submarine named Kiloklav could hit a target as long as 400 kilometers away from sub-surface to surface.
Earlier the Navy chief of staff Admiral Marsetio said a navy technical team would be sent to Russia to study a submarine offer.
One of the two units is the 209 class type from Germany and the other one was from South Korea with almost the same type as the one from Germany .
The two submarines have been modified into combat management, which has greater attacking capability.
