Indonesian Navy tests upgraded CMS in simultaneous missile attack

Naval Weapons Indonesia fired C-802 ASMs from two Ahmad Yani-class guided missile frigates in the Indian Ocean on 3 June. (KOARMATIM)

The Indonesian Navy (Tentera Nasional Indonesia - Angkatan Laut: TNI-AL) sank a target vessel during test firings of anti-ship missiles (ASMs) via an upgraded combat management system (CMS) on 3 June.

The test firings were carried out as part of ongoing naval exercises conducted by the TNI-AL in the Indian Ocean. According to a statement released by the TNI-AL's Komando Armada RI Kawasan Timur (KOARMATIM, Eastern Fleet), a decommissioned personnel transport vessel used as target, KRI Karang Banteng, was hit simultaneously by four ASMs during the exercise.

Two Diponegoro (Sigma)-class corvettes, KRI Sultan Hasanuddin and KRI Sultan Iskandar Muda, each fired an MBDA MM 40 Exocet Block II missile while two Ahmad Yani (Van Speijk)-class guided missile frigates, KRI Abdul Halim Perdanakusuma and KRI Yos Sudarso, each launched a C-802 missile from over-the-horizon locations at the target.

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