Indonesian Navy to Posses Anti-submarine Choppers

The Indonesian Navy is to receive AS565 Panther anti-submarine helicopters that it has requested to the Defense Ministry.
 
"We have requested for a squadron (16 choppers). Yet we do not know for sure when they will arrive [in the country]," said First Admiral Untung Suropati, the chief of Information Department of the Indonesian Navy.

Untung said the Navy had yet to posses this sort of choppers, adding that the Eurocopter-made choppers had the ability to detect submarines and torpedoes.

He said the Navy planned to place the anti-submarine Panthers onboard its battleships to enhance the fighting skills of the ships.

“So it can be said that our philosophy on helicopters differs from those of the Air Force,” he said.

Sumber : Tempo