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| Type 209 Submarine (File Photo) |
Ruslan Sangadji
Indonesian Navy (TNI AL) chief of staff Adm. Marsetio opened on Friday the Palu Naval Base in Palu, Central Sulawesi, as part of an effort to secure Indonesian waters, especially in the eastern part of the country.
The naval base is located on a 13-hectare plot in Palu’s Watusampu subdistrict, Ulujadi district, of which only 2.8 hectares have been built on.
The building, which faces Palu Bay, has been built over the past two years and cost around Rp 7 billion (US$717,000).
“The naval base location is ideal and strategic, and there is no such dock in Indonesia like the one in Palu,” Marsetio told the media after the opening ceremony.
Read the full story at The Jakarta Post