KRI Martaditana Tests Shooting Cannon 76 In The North Of The Java Sea

KRI Raden Eddy Martadinata-331 held a cannon fire test in the north of the Java Sea, Tuesday (21/5/2024). BETWEEN/HO-Dispen Koarmada II TNI AL

JAKARTA - The Warship of the Republic of Indonesia (KRI) Raden Eddy Martadinata-331 held a test shooting of Meriam 76 in the north of the Java Sea as one of the exercises to ensure the readiness of weapons in warships from the Eskorta Ship Unit Fleet II of the Indonesian Navy.

The Information Service of the Indonesian Navy's Fleet II Command announced that the KRI R.E. Martaditana had succeeded in firing the cannon at the target.

"The trial of shooting the 76 Cannon aims to train the professionalism of soldiers, as well as ensure the readiness of all weapons owned by these warships in tackling the threat of various attacks at sea," said an official broadcast by the Information Service of the Indonesian Navy's Fleet Command II, Wednesday, May 22.

In the test-firing of the cannon, KRI R. E Martadinata, commanded by Marine Colonel (P) Adam Tjahja Saputra, sailed from headquarters at Madura Pier Koarmada II, Ujung, Surabaya, East Java, to the location of the shooting north of the Java Sea.

KRI R. E Martadinata held a test of the shooting of the weapon in line with the ship's preparation for the Joint Exercise RIMPAC 204 in Hawaii, United States, from 27 June 2024 to 2 August 2024.

The Indonesian Navy is preparing KRI R. E Martadinata for the 2024 Rim Of The Pacific (Rimpac) Multi-rateral Latma in Hawaii, at least since April 2024.

The commander of KRI R. E Martadinata, who also served as Commander of the 2024 Latma Rimpac Task Force, Marine Colonel (P) Adam Tjahja Saputra in a meeting at the Fleet Command II Headquarters, Surabaya, on April 22, 2024, has also explained the outline plan for training to the Commander of Fleet Command II Rear Admiral TNI Ariantyo Condrowibowo.

Colonel Adam said the exercise would involve 43 warships, including KRI R. E Martadinata, and five submarines from training participating countries.

The Indonesian Navy for the exercise also prepared 43 soldiers from the Indonesian Navy's Marine Corps and seven soldiers from the Indonesian Navy's elite troops, the Frog Troop Command (Kopaska).

The joint exercise aims to increase the professionalism of Indonesian Navy personnel in carrying out international joint operations and exercises, improve the ability of long-distance marine operations and prepare combat logistics support, and improve the ability of the Indonesian Navy to support government policies to realize Indonesia as the world's maritime axis.

Pangkoarmada II in the meeting also instructed his ranks of soldiers to prepare themselves and defense equipment that would be used properly.

Ariantyo also asked Indonesian Navy soldiers to take advantage of this opportunity as an experience in assignments because the training can increase insight to become more professional.