Strengthen fleet, the Indonesian Navy bring advanced ship from France

 the ship Hydro Oceanography Bantu-1 (BHO-1).

Strengthen fleet, the Indonesian Navy bring advanced ship from France

MERDEKA.COM. Indonesian Navy (TNI AL) back to get a new fleet, the ship Hydro Oceanography Bantu-1 (BHO-1). Although the use of the Navy, but this ship will be more widely used as a tool for research.

This ship has just received the Navy of the shipyard OCEA France. The handover is done symbolically by OCEA company leader and Chief of Naval Staff (Kasal), Admiral Marsetio, at OCEA Les Sables d'Olonne, France.

Ship hull number 933 is made of aluminum and weighs 515 tons, has a dimension of 60.1 meters long and 11.3 meters wide. Ships that can accommodate 40 sailors will sail to Indonesia in March 2015.

Shipbuilding is the fruit of the ship procurement contracts implemented by the Ministry of Defence with the shipyard OCEA France, in October 2013. Under the agreement, OCEA will make two ships with the same type and capabilities.

BHO ship OCEA production is advanced survey vessel capable of mapping the deep sea (deep water), because it is equipped with hydro-oceanographic survey equipment to date. Ships BHO is kind MPRV (Multi Purpose Research Vessel) to examine the geographical conditions Indonesian sea.

Not only advanced equipment, the ship is also equipped with equipment AUV (Autonomous Underwater Vehicle) to get underwater imaging of up to 1,000 meters. In addition, there is also a Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV), underwater robots are equipped with an underwater camera.

With these two devices, the visual information under the sea conditions can tercitrakan well. Moreover, the ROV also able to take underwater material that can be used for research purposes.

In performing this maneuver the vessel is equipped with Dynamic Position, Auto Pilot 70 and the stability of the ship using the Anti-Rolling Tank. The vessel is also equipped with a 20 mm caliber weapons metraliur and 12.7 mm.

In a later operation, BHO ship is expected to further support the role of Hydro-Oceanography Department of the Navy (Dishidros) in particular, and the Navy in general in carrying out the survey and mapping capabilities for military and civilian interests that can be used for defense purposes and development of Indonesia.

Jokowi call buying submarines from South Korea's maritime agenda

Merdeka.com - To add to the naval forces, President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) continued SBY era weapons procurement program which ordered three new submarines from South Korea. Submarines ordered Indonesia is Chang Bogo class of USD 250 million.

Jokowi say, these submarines there are made in the country's ginseng. Looking ahead, there Jokowi strive for cooperation between South Korea and Indonesia manufacture.

"In the future which is sought to join the production, so there is a transfer, training training," said Halim Jokowi arrival in Jakarta, Jakarta, Friday (13/12).

According to him, the cooperation aims to maximize its maritime agenda.

"The direction we are maritime agenda. The results are like that we will be strengthened," he said.