The news is Wrong, just One Indonesian Navy ship that shot C-705 Missile "KRI Clurit"

Why there is delay, when C-705 launching?
Because there is Communication problem between KRI Banjarmasin that President Joko Widodo boarded and KRI Clurit that shot C-705 Missile.
The crew in "KRI Clurit" doesn't know, when our President Mr.Joko Widodo starting count down.

Why C-705 Missile miss the target?
Just answer it by yourself.
The Target ship is 50 Kilometers (30 nm) away from "KRI Clurit"
but Radar sensor in "KRI Clurit" is SR-47A with Max range 40 Kilometers.
So ........ We can get the answer :-)
That's why Datalink is so Important in Modern naval warfare.

It would be a whole new level of incompetency to fire a missile without a lock from the targeting system so I don't think this is the explanation

I dunno, is inertial guidance module very common now? my brain still stuck in Cold War era where inertial guidance is "SO HIGH TECH"
I'm not talking about network link, which I assume is beyond the capability of these cheapo China antiship missiles. I'm saying it seems quite ridiculous that anyone would fire a guided missile without the onboard targeting system actually acquiring the target, which would be the case if it was out of range. I mean surely even if its some kind of cheapo targeting system, if the target is 50km out when firing a 40km missile, there must be a big sign on the system that says OUT OF RANGE....
....maybe it was written in Chinese

Now it just a electronic module. No longer those gimbal mounted systems. It quite common nowdays in case gps signal lost, inertia guidance take over temporary before gps signal is regain.

Even civil aircraft have backup inertia guidance just in case gps spoil or etc

It can't be helped. Navies usually costs a lot more than any other service branches to arm and maintain. Even US military allocates nearly half of all its $ 600 Billion USD resources to the US Navy alone.

If want good Navy, you have to dump massive amounts of money on it, no choice.

dont just look at % of gdp, look at % of total budget as well..

that's around 10% of total budget... seems reasonable.. but hopefully it is spent wisely without leakages



not bad...

The Egyptian Gowind production rate is fast. First steel cutting of the Egyptian Gowind was in April 2015 whereas the Malaysian Gowind first steel cutting was in December 2014. Maybe because of the Saudis money flow.

They have Typhoons, Rapier SAMs and Starstreak MANPADs

By the time and IF Argentina can actually scrape up enough cash to actually mount a threat, they will also have to contend with fully operational QE2

Those JF-17s will have to go through Typhoons supported by F-35Bs and then glide bombs can be dealt with by C-RAM

If converted to ringgit, its about RM 1b per aircraft....  i doubt malaysia will acquired it...

india still needs to pay 7.8b euro...

Btw, lets compare to others deal.

Egypt bought 24 units(plus package) for 5.2b euro  ( 217m euro per units @ rm997m
Qatar bought 24 units(plus package)for  6.3b euro  (262m euro per unit @  rm 1.2b

Comparing these deals, the amount still around rm1b per unit plus packages...

that is what we call progress? 

If that is a recent pic then it is a very slow progress. Below pic was the keel laying in March 2016. Same section. They just only constructed the upper hull of that section.



More pics of the keel laying in March 2016:

http://syarkghost.blogspot.co.id/2016/03/m...ttoral.html?m=1

They need 6 months just to construct the block part of the upper hull from that section alone since keel laying in March 2016. How long would it take to complete the whole ship?

I'm referring to the block part from the recent progress pic from RMN FB.

^^ But i see  a glimpse of maybe another module on the far right of the pic.

Quote from article, the bolded part is the most worrisome. We may not see the first Gowind actually active until 2020! and what about the rest of the class? at 36 months a ship by the time we launch the last Gowind we might be ready to start building its replacement! at that build rate it would most definitely be cheaper to buy our ships from anybody!

If this is true (which I really do hope it is) then why Gowind #2 keel laying/cutting steel hasn't made any news? Clearly they are not on schedule.

Lets look at the Kedah class's history from Wiki

KD Perak - Laid down March 2002, Commissioned June 2009 - 7 years plus
KD Terengganu - Laid down August 2004, Commissioned December 2009 - 5 years plus
KD Kelantan - Laid down July 2005, Commissioned May 2010 - 4.5 years
KD Selangor - Laid down July 2006, Commissioned December 2010 - 4.5 years

So best speed is something like 4.5 years, staggered 1 year apart - say every Gowind gets laid down in March with Gowind #6 laid down in March 2020, and we commission a new Gowind every year from end 2020 till end 2025, when Gowind #6 completes.

Best case.