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20858
Tue, 09/23/2008 - 23:17
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NAVY NOT ONLY CONSIDERING S KOREA AS POSSIBLE SUBMARINE SUPPLIER
Jakarta, Sept 23 (ANTARA) - The Indonesian Navy will not only consider South Korea as a possible supplier of the submarine it is planning to buy with an export credit facility, Navy Chief of Staff Vice Admiral Tedjo Edhy Purdijatno said here on Tuesday.
He said his side would entirely let the Defense Ministry decide which country the submarine would be bought from.
"We have set up an assessment team which will also act as a purchase planning team with the Defense Ministry. It will study which type of, how and where the submarine will be purchased," he said.
He said there were several countries which had made an offer such as Germany and South Korea.
The navy chief said the assessment team had formulated the technical specifications for the hardware to be purchased with the export credit facility, namely BMP-3F amphibian tanks, guided-missile sentry estroyers and a submarine.
It was decided that for the purchase of BMP-3F tanks, the number would reach 17 units and be bought from Russia while the number of missile destroyers and the country of origin of one submarine had yet to be decided.
He said his side would entirely let the Defense Ministry decide which country the submarine would be bought from.
"We have set up an assessment team which will also act as a purchase planning team with the Defense Ministry. It will study which type of, how and where the submarine will be purchased," he said.
He said there were several countries which had made an offer such as Germany and South Korea.
The navy chief said the assessment team had formulated the technical specifications for the hardware to be purchased with the export credit facility, namely BMP-3F amphibian tanks, guided-missile sentry estroyers and a submarine.
It was decided that for the purchase of BMP-3F tanks, the number would reach 17 units and be bought from Russia while the number of missile destroyers and the country of origin of one submarine had yet to be decided.
