Basically Turkish official try to counter their Media claim that two recently inaugurated I (Istif) class Frigate are going to Indonesia as part of agreement sign between Turkiye and Qatar at DIMDEX. Their statement basically saying this is just MoU, thus no effective contract yet.
Personally I still wish the deal not become effective, and Indonesia just focus with PPA and Arrowhead 140 (FMP) design.
Kepala Staf TNI Angkatan Laut (KSAL) Laksamana TNI Muhammad Ali mengatakan kapal induk pertama milik Indonesia buatan Italia, Giuseppe Garibaldi ditargetkan ...
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Indonesia’s plan to acquire the former Italian Navy aircraft carrier Giuseppe Garibaldi (C 551) appears to be gathering pace, although a formal contract confirmation is yet to be made.
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In other hand seems the immediate target is to get Garibaldi to Indonesia. At least that what TNI-AL chief says with Media. Thus if the target is too get newly inaugurated I class frigate (as with PPA), then potentially he already mentioned that as immediate target.
Thus indication of potential lobbies on next Frigate asside 2nd batch of Arrowhead 140/FMP still not yet finish. My problem with Istif is simply it is basically still light frigate, and not much difference then SIGMA 10514 or other Corvetes in Inventory. Not something significant changes to TNI-AL inventory like FMP and PPA.