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Indonesian Sub Tragedy Sends Several Messages

Jakarta starts to look for wider alliances

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Philip Bowring
Apr 25, 2021
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The 40-year-old German-built Indonesian submarine that was lost in the waters between Java and Bali captured attention as both a human tragedy and a symbol of the country’s aging military hardware.

The KRI Nanggala-402 vessel, with 53 crew on board, was engaged in live-fire torpedo drills in the Bali strait, a narrow and shallow channel only 2.4 kilomet…

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