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| A KCR-40 class Attack Craft (File Photo) |
By Prashanth Parameswaran
Jakarta adds three KCR-40-class anti-ship missile craft to its arsenal.
Indonesia’s navy (TNI-AL) inducted three anti-ship missile craft into its Western fleet, local military sources reported August 3.
According to a statement by the navy’s Western Fleet (KOARMABAR), Indonesia inducted three KCR-40-class anti-ship missile craft into the fleet. The three vessels – KRI Surik (645), KRI Siwar (646) and KRI Parang (647) – were commissioned in September 2014 by former Indonesian defense minister Purnomo Yusgiantoro. They were built by local shipbuilder PT Palindo in Batam.
The 44m KCR-40 can reach a top speed of 30 knots and can accommodate 35 crew members. According to IHS Jane’s Fighting Ships, a KCR-40 is armed with a 20 mm Denel Vector G12 main gun, two 12.7 mm machine guns, and launchers that can fire C-705 surface-to-surface missiles.
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