The Indonesian Navy is planning to develop unmanned underwater vehicles with domestic defense firms to strengthen surveillance across the country’s vast maritime territory.
Chief of Staff Admiral Muhammad Ali said the program would sharpen monitoring of strategic chokepoints, including the Indonesian Archipelagic Sea Lanes linking the Indian and Pacific Oceans.
The unmanned submersibles would conduct surveillance, help detect unauthorized movements by foreign vessels, and collect oceanographic data on seabed contours, tides, and currents.
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