Indonesia Upgrading Corvettes With Air-Defense Missiles

Mica missile firing
Credit: MBDA
KUALA LUMPUR — Indonesia is upgrading its three Bung Tomo class corvettes with surface-to-air missiles and a new combat management system (CMS). The three ships—KRI Bung Tomo, KRI John Lie and KRI Usman Harun—will be fitted with MBDA VL MICA surface-to-air missiles and a new CMS developed by state...
Marhalim Abas

Marhalim Abas, based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, covers Southeast Asian defense. He has worked as a journalist specializing in Southeast Asia defense and security since 1994, initially with the New Straits Times newspaper.

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