Indonesia’s Blue-Water Ambition Requires Sustained Overseas Deployments

War on the Rocks – A navy aspiring to blue-water operations should continually stress its doctrine, organization, training, materiel, leadership and education, personnel, facilities, and policy through real-world deployments abroad. This is precisely the challenge that the Indonesian Navy should begin addressing by embedding itself in an existing multinational mission.

Italy moves to transfer Garibaldi aircraft carrier to Indonesia, looking to new programmes

Naval News – The Italian Government has formalized a plan to transfer the decommissioned Garibaldi aircraft carrier to Indonesia. The handover, subjected to parliamentary approval, would strengthen Jakarta’s naval capabilities and deepens the cooperation between the two countries together with other defence programs, in a move to enlarge Rome’s strategic footprint in the Indo-Pacific.

Indonesian Navy – Turnkey Not Smorgasbord

Aviation Week – In the competition for the most futuristic looking vessel at the Euronaval show being held this week in Paris I would put the clear front runner as the Fast Attack Craft (FAC) on the Saab stand. Designed for naval patrol, anti-piracy and surveillance missions in peace time the ship would be a missile ship to launch Saab’s RBS15 Mk3 anti-ship missiles in war time. And for added interest the vessel has a fascinating design history.

Indonesian Navy – Dear US Navy: The Futuristic X3K Is What Littoral Combat Ships Should Be

Foxtrot Alpha – The X3K was built by Indonesian-based Swedish boat builder North Sea Boats, and designed in part by renowned exotic boat builder LOMOcean Design LTD. The goal was to build a very stealthy, high-speed, multi-role missile boat that could dominate the complex littorals around Indonesia while still being affordable to procure and operate.