United Arab Emirates Navy orders six LPD 163 from PT PAL

July 4, 2022 / by  Author Rangga Baswara Sawiyya



AIRSPACE REVIEW (airspace-review.com) – Indonesian state-owned shipbuilder PT PAL (Persero) signed a contract with the United Arab Emirates Navy (UAEN) for the procurement of six LPD (landing platform dock) vessels.

The contract was signed on July 1, 2022, during the visit of Indonesian President Joko Widodo to Abu Dhabi, who was accompanied by the Indonesian Minister of Defense Prabowo Subianto.

PT PAL itself has offered its LPD design to the UAE Ministry of Defense (MoD) since 2020 in response to Requests for Information (RFI) released to several international shipbuilders.

The LPD design from PT PAL chosen is the 163 m variant. This is much longer than the version ordered by the Philippine Navy in June 2022, the 123 m version.

Read more: https://www.airspace-review.com/2022/07/04/...63-dari-pt-pal/

One step away from LPH

if that is the current status of the japanese armed forces, their defence minister will have committed hara-kiri already.

but this is malaysia, where there is zero shame for incompetence, irresponsibility and corruption.

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