PLA Daily 28-10- 2005
The Indonesian Navy will proceed with its plan to purchase four Dutch
corvettes (two Sigma Class I and two Sigma Class II) worth 1.9 billion
US dollars, Navy Chief of Staff Admiral Slamet Soebijanto said
Thursday.
"The purchase program will be carried out in accordance with the Navy's
2003 to 2013 strategic plan," he was quoted by the Antara news agency
as saying.
Based on the strategic plan, the navy will purchase four corvettes from
the Netherlands in two phases. Two ships will be built in the
Netherlands in the first phase and the other two will be built in
Indonesia by local shipbuilding company PT PAL in the second phase.
PT PAL will send its technicians to study corvettes technology before
building the ships.
The plan to sell corvette ships to Indonesia has been criticized in the
Netherlands and it is feared it would eventually be embargoed.
"Our experience has taught us a lesson so that we have to look for
other countries which would provide us with weaponry we need for our
operations," he added.
For that purpose, the Navy chief has visited Russia to explore possible
purchase of a ship from a Russian weaponry manufacturer.
RI Navy to Proceed With Its Plan to Purchase Dutch CorvettesAntara, 27/10/05 |
Jakarta (ANTARA News) - The Indonesian Navy will proceed with its plan
to purchase four Dutch corvettes (two Sigma Class I and two Sigma Class
II type) worth US$1.9 billion, Navy Chief of Staff Admiral Slamet
Soebijanto said here on Thursday.
"The purchase program will be carried out in accordance with the Navy`s
2003-2013 strategic plan," he said after closing a regular course for
the Navy`s Officers` Command College here.
Based on the strategic plan, the navy will purchase four corvettes from
the Netherlands in two phases. Two ships will be built in the
Netherlands in the first phase and the other two will be built in
Indonesia by PT PAL in the second phase.
PT PAL will send its technicians to study corvettes technology before
building the ships.
The plan to sell covertte ships to Indonesia was criticized in the
Netherlands and it was feard it would eventually be embargoed.
"Our experience has taught us a lession so that we had to look for
other countries which would provide us with weaponry we need for our
operations," he added.
For that purposes, the Navy chief has visited Russia to explore
possible purchase of a ship from a Russian weaponry manufacturer.
The plan to purchase four covertte ships from the Netherlands will be
carried out through a 2005-2009 export credit facility worth US$1.9
billion. (*)
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