April 15, 2019

Indonesia's 6 Modern Submarines by 2026, 12? total by 2035 - Part 1

It was came as a surprise on Friday (April 12, 2019) that Indonesia with DSME had signed a contract for 3 additional submarines by 2026. 

[Please see the revised Indonesian Submarine Table (1959 – 2035) at
https://gentleseas.blogspot.com/2019/04/indonesia-submarine-build-table-revised.html for specifics and links.]

This is on top of the 3 submarines already received (2017, 2018 and KRI Alugoro 405 (launched April 11, 2019)).

All 6 submarines are known as Improved Chang Bogo, Type 209/1400s. All do/will rely on good German engineering via South Korean, DSME, efficiency.

The prospect of Indonesia owning 6 new submarines by 2026 while Australia's 6 Collins age will be making Australia's Navy quietly nervous.

Also, I have been reporting since February 20, 2014 (see that article here) that some Indonesian leaders and admirals are also interested in acquiring an additional 6 submarines, which may be South Korean DSME designed Type 214s (with formidable fuel cell AIP) - all adding up to 12.

If Indonesia has 12 fairly new submarines compared to 6 old Collins BEFORE Australia's first Attack-class sub is commissioned in 2035 - then this may represent a balance of power problem for Australia. 

See the revised Table of April 16, 2019 which takes you from Indonesia's first Whiskey/Tjakra-class (1959) submarine to the final Improved Chang Bogo (or Type 214 submarines) by 2035.

It is significant that experts have predicted Indonesia’s economy will be 3 times the size of Australia’s by 2030.

Pete

1 comment:

  1. RI Tjakra (401)
    RI Nanggala (402)
    RI Nagabanda (403)
    RI Trisula (404)
    RI Nagarangsang (405)
    RI Tjandrasa (406)
    RI Alugoro (407)
    RI Tjumandani (408)
    RI Widjajadanu (409)
    RI Pasopati (410)
    RI Hendradjala (411)
    RI Bramastra (412)

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