Battleship USS Germantown visited Surabaya and docked at Dermaga Jamrud, Tanjung Perak on March 3, 2011. The warship arrived from San Diego to strengthen relations and continue to promote peace and stability in the region. Surabaya, Indonesia.National ship-building company PT Palindo Marine Industri located in Batam, Riau Islands province, has received an order from the Navy for ten warships, a naval spokesman said.
"The ten warships will be operated in the Western and Eastern Fleets to patrol the country’s waters," Batam Naval base commander Col Iwan said here on Wednesday.
PT Palindo Marine Industri or PMI, according to him, had so far completed one of the ten warships, which which was expected to be handed to the Defense Ministry on April 25, 2011.
The warship type is the rapid ship missile (KCR) 40, equipped with modern weapons systems in the form of Sensor Weapon Control (Sewaco), cannon caliber of MM 30 with 6 pitches as a Close In Weapon System (CIWS) and guided missiles.
It was estimated that the warships were able to sail with a speed of 30 knots and can fire up the C-705 missiles to hundreds of meters. The warship with high technology specification is 44 meters long, 8 feet wide, 3.4 meters high and 5 leaves-fixed propeller, the spokesman said.
In the meantime, Defense Minister Purnomo Yusgiantoro said that the construction of rapid ships missile (KCR) 40 fits to control the unitary state of Indonesian waters which are surrounded by small islands.
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