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Sejumlah pasukan Raider 613 berbaris sesaatnya tiba di pelabuhan Malundung Tarakan, Kalimantan Utara, Kamis (21/04/2016). Pasukan Raider yang dulunya merupakan pasukan organik Kodam VI/613 ini baru kembali ke Tarakan usai menjalani latihan di Pusat Pendidikan Pasukan Khusus di Batujajar Jawa Barat selama tiga bulan. (ANTARA FOTO/Fadlansyah)
Thanks guys. The reason I ask this is because I'm comparing KCR-60 with Russia's Tarantul-Class.
Both vessels are of similar size. Similar length, beam, and displacement. But Tarantul is a corvette while KCR-60 is only classified as Fast (missile) Boat. With similar size, Tarantul can carry 16 SSM the same size of C705 while KCR-60 can only carry 4 SSM. Other weapons on KCR-60 seems okay with me, good 57mm bofors, CIWS, and SAM. The only draw back is just that Tarantul can carry 4 times more SSM than KCR-60.
Since Tarantul is a corvette, what I'm wondering is that we've been talking about KORNAS, and I think PAL is actually able to build KORNAS on it's own if it's based on the KCR-60 design. So why stop at making a missile boat when making a KORNAS is already 90% probable?
Big platform acquisition is not only based on how many AShM can be carried on, most of the reason is to match the original perceptive threat we are currently facing, doctrine we are using right now, financial challenge and geographical area along with their challanges. KCR 60 is good for us, because they are maximizing their range patrol area they can cover, provision to carry spec ops along with RHIB boats and sufficient firepower to be a hard precense in contested area.