JAKARTA: Indonesia has targeted to produce at least seven missile vessels to meet national defense equipment needs and to export to Southeast Asian and African countries this year. Our target for this year is to build four 60-meter-long missile ships ordered by the Indonesian Navy. We expect to export two missile vessels to Malaysia, one missile vessel to Thailand and several missile vessels to African countries,” PT PAL Indonesia president director Budiman Saleh said as quoted by Antaraon Monday.
The production of the 60-m missile vessels is the second of its kind ordered by the Indonesian Navy after PT PAL completed and delivered three missile ships to the institution. In addition to missile vessels, PT PAL also manufactures missile destroyer ships and landing platform decks (LPD) for national marine defense equipment. With regard to exports, we have penetrated the Southeast Asian market, including Thailand, Malaysia and the Philippines, as well as the African market, including Senegal, Democratic Congo, Guinea-Bissau and Burkina Faso,” he said. Budiman, along with several directors of PT PAL, met with Vice President Jusuf Kalla on Monday to discuss the development of the Indonesian ship industry and plans to provide training to young Indonesians.
