34 Indonesian warships off to location of joint mily exercise

Eastern Fleet commander Vice Admiral Lili Supramono is leading the taskforce moving the location of the joint military exercise which has its headquarters on the Indonesian warship KRI Surabaya-591.

Eastern Fleet chief spokesman Lt Col Toni Syaiful said that the 34 warships comprised one reconnaissance submarine, 15 frigates and corvettes, eight landing ship tanks (LSTs) as troops carriers, eight minesweepers, hospital ships, and special landing vessels, he said.

He also said that in this year`s joint exercise, the Navy also sent three Cassa planes, two Bell helicopters, and on Bolcow chopper, while the marine corps sent 20 amphibious tanks, 35 amphibious reconnaissance vessels,10 amphibious troops carriers, 32 rubber boats, four 120-mm Howizers, four rocket launchers, three Tetra demolishing vehicles, he said.

The Eastern Fleet`s frogmen unit sent six teams, including two reconnaissance personnel, supported by two hovercraft, one combat boat and four Sea Readers.

According to the spokesman, the naval forces joining in this year`s joint exercise were the biggest and the most complete since the first joint exercise in 1996.

One by one the Indonesian warships started to ...