Sightings Of Indonesia's Secret Kilo Class Submarine, Does It Really Exist?

YOGYAKARTA - Having a large area, Indonesia should have a strong enough national defense force as well. Although it is often underestimated, based on the Global Fire Power (GFP) ranking, it turns out that Indonesia is number 16 in the "2021 Military Strength Ranking" category.

This ranking has positioned Indonesia as the only country in Southeast Asia to be included in the top 20 countries with the best military power in the world.

The strength of defense equipment is one of the GFP's considerations in providing an assessment, in addition to of course the strategy and strength of a country's troops.

Is it true that Indonesia has Kilo Class submarines?

Some time ago the public, especially lovers of state defense and defense equipment, were shocked by the video of a submarine belonging to the Indonesian National Army (TNI) which is suspected of being a Russian-made kilo class type.

Even though until now the truth of the video has never been clarified directly by the TNI, there is nothing wrong with discussing the resilience of the submarine.

The Kilo is the class name that NATO has given to Russian-made diesel-powered military submarines. The original version of this submarine was known in Russia as Project 877 Halibut. The submarines of this class also have a newer version known as the Improved Kilo and also known as the Project 636 Varshavyanka.

Reporting from the Wikipedia page, the Kilo Class is a submarine that operates in shallow water. Kilo itself is the designation for the submarine class given by NATO as diesel-powered.

Meanwhile, the Russian version of the Kilo Class has the name Project 877 with the Rubikon MGK-400 sonar system and mine detection sonar (MG-519 Arfa).

Vietnam is the only country in Southeast Asia that has 6 kilo class submarines.

Meanwhile, in its home country Russia (at that time the Soviet Union) the kilo class began operating in 1980.

Indomiliter once published an article explaining the appearance of the kilo-class submarine in the TNI AL's 2012 internal calendar.

In the photo on the calendar, you can see the Kilo Class submarine in the middle of the sea while breaking the waves.

The Kilo Class submarine with serial number 412 suddenly made a scene for Indonesian defense equipment lovers.

Although the authenticity of the submarine has not been officially clarified, Indomiliter itself wrote the following theory.

"The reason is that 4xx is the numbering specially prepared for Indonesian Navy submarines, and indeed in the 60s, Indonesia did have Whiskey class submarines, starting from the order of 401 to 412. And incidentally, 412 was previously assigned to KRI Trisula," he wrote.

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