I am just amazed at the decision making process, and would love to be a fly on the wall when the planners discuss what they would buy. For most sane people, I would have thought it's a super simple math - more gen purpose OPV/frigate hulls with ordnance to match and decent ops budget vs a throphy platform with limited utility, but what do I know .....La portaerei Garibaldi in pensione dopo 41 anni: a Taranto anche una petizione online per tenerla in città come museo galleggiante
Una disfida a distanza con Genova per il futuro della storica unità della Marina militarebari.repubblica.it
The quote I take from that La Repubblica article. This is already a month old, that basically talk about the option for Garibaldi fate. Either scrap it, sell it, or turn it into museum. It's a month old article, but it is shown there're quite serious approach from Indonesian side to look into Garibaldi condition.
Don't ask me why, as I point out on my previous post, getting LHD or even 2nd hand Light Carrier is "insane" and wasting resources at this stage of TNI-AL fleet development stage. However I also heard that the intention for UAV Carrier is one of big reasons for the MinDef and TNI-AL brass to look into this possibility. This part of reason why TNI-AL also order Akinci and Anka UAV from Turkey.
Off course they also talk need to have Fleet Command ship, and for Humanitarian need. So don't ask me reasonability on that, as in my opinion they can talk or put all the reasoning, but for me it is not much difference then Brazil reasoning on getting carrier. It is image building on all the reasoning base on. Having Carriers or LHD as Flag ship seems the main thinking from Indonesian brass, as much as thinking in Thailand or Brazil.
Still if that 'urges' already set, then better having 2nd hand refurbished Light Carrier then building LHD. It is USD 300 mio agains USD 900 mio difference, which is represent at least one Full.Size Frigate.
I know that Indonesian defence procurement is convoluted and full of political baggage, but still .... this one seems like a colossal bad idea.