Chinese Navy To Assist Indonesia Salvage Its Sunken Submarine

PLAN Ocean Salvage and Rescue Ship Yongxing Dao-863  

USNI News: Chinese Navy to Help with Recovery of Indonesian Sub Wreck 

KUALA LUMPUR – China has dispatched three ships to Indonesia to assist in the salvaging of the Indonesian attack submarine KRI Nanggala (402). Two ships – the People’s Liberation Army Navy Ocean Tug Nantuo-195 and PLAN Ocean Salvage and Rescue Ship Yongxing Dao-863 – arrived on scene May 3 and the third ship, scientific research vessel Tan Suo 2, is expected to arrive today. 

Beijing had earlier made an offer to Indonesian Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto to assist with the salvaging of the submarine on a humanitarian basis and the offer was accepted, according to press reports. The Indonesian Navy is also in talks with SKK Migas, the country’s oil industry regulator, about conducting its own salvage operation. The Indonesian operation would involve the use of offshore support ship Timas 1201, which is equipped with a crane that can lift loads of up to 1,200 tons.  

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Update #1: Chinese navy joins Indonesian submarine salvage operation in strategic waters to Australia's north (ABC News (Australia) 

Update #2: Chinese Navy to help Indonesia salvage sunken submarine (AFP) 

WNU Editor: Another example that illustrates on how much China's naval assets have improved in the past two decades.

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