KSAL Calls Transfer Of Headquarters Of Koarmada I To Tanjung Uban Kepri To Monitor South China Sea Movements

Chief of Naval Staff (KSAL) Admiral Yudo Margono/ANTARA/HO-Dispenal

JAKARTA - The Chief of Naval Staff (KSAL) Admiral TNI Yudo Margono mentioned the plan to move the headquarters of the First Commandant to Tanjung Uban, Riau Islands, to monitor the movement of the South China Sea (LCS).

"The transfer of the First Coordination of Armed Forces saw from the development of the strategic environment that we now know everything, especially in the South China Sea in Singapore and the Malacca Strait and west of Sabang on the border with India. This requires special supervision in this western region," said Admiral Yudo, quoted by Antara, Wednesday, March 2nd.

The transfer of the headquarters of the First Fleet Command to the West in Tanjung Uban also saw the efficiency of the movement of the fleet of the First Fleet, which had been based in Jakarta.

According to Yudo, the shift of power from Jakarta to Natuna will take a long time. This is one of the considerations conveyed to the Commander of the Indonesian National Armed Forces, General TNI Andika Perkasa.

"So far, if we shift the ship there it is always ineffective from Jakarta, far away from Natuna, so that later we will move the base to Tanjung Uban, there it is closer or effective to carry out the shift of our elements of our operations to Natuna or to the Malacca Strait or Singapore," " he said.

If examined from these various considerations, continued KSAL, the relocation of the Koarmada I Base to Tanjung Uban, Riau Islands has met the requirements from an operational perspective.

However, according to Yudo, in terms of infrastructure, of course, it still has to be prepared more thoroughly.

"But this is still a discourse that has not been decided, yesterday it was submitted to the TNI Commander, then I reviewed it yesterday, and later there will still be meetings because it requires infrastructure which is certainly not small, must move the infrastructure needed for soldiers and so on, and of course it is necessary It's still time to decide yes or no. But, from the considerations above, we have met the requirements from an operational perspective, but from an infrastructure perspective, of course, we have to consider it," explained KSAL.