Indonesia still needs another 262 warships

Navy Chief of Staff Admiral Slamet Soebijanto said here on Monday that at present Indonesia only had around 114 warships of different types.

Some time in the future, according to him, it was expected that a plan to strengthen the Navy`s fleet could be realized in line with the country`s economic growth, although this would take quite a long time.

"The 376 warships will be one of the most requirements to enable us to defend and maintain national security in Indonesia as the world`s largest archipelagic country which is lying in strategic sea intersection," he said.