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South-Korean company Daewoo Shipbuilding delivered the first South-Korean made sub to Indonesia

Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co., a major shipyard, handed over a 1,400-ton diesel-electric submarine to the Indonesian navy on Wednesday, becoming the first South Korean company to export a submarine.

The company said it held a ceremony at its Okpo shipyard on Geoje Island off the southern coast to mark the event. The vessel is the first of three submarines commissioned by the Southeast Asian country under a 2011 deal worth $1.1 billion, which is equivalent to selling some 730,000 locally made midsize cars abroad, Daewoo Shipbuilding said. Following the delivery, South Korea became the fifth country in the world to export a submarine, after Britain, France, Russia and Germany.

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Indonesia moves forward with talks for three more Type 209 submarines
Ridzwan Rahmat, Singapore - Jane's Navy International
11 January 2019

Source: IHS Markit/Ridzwan Rahmat
Key Points

*Indonesia is edging closer towards acquiring three more diesel-electric submarines from South Korea
*The country has been studying several vessel types for the requirement, but considerations of commonality and maintenance costs have led to the current frontrunner

Officials from the Indonesian Ministry of Defence are currently in negotiations with state-owned shipbuilder PT PAL and South Korean company Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME) for a follow-on order of three Type 209/1400 diesel-electric submarines.
A series of verifications carried out by Jane's since early January 2019 with multiple industry and government sources has confirmed that the negotiations pertain to workshare arrangements that can be undertaken for each vessel and South Korean defence credit programmes that can be utilised to fund the acquisition.
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