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KRI Bung Karno (369) is a corvette and presidential yacht of the Indonesian Navy.Designated as "VVIP and Presidential Helicopter-carrying Guided-missile Corvette" (Indonesian: Korvet Rudal Heli VVIP dan Kepresidenan), [3] the ship was named after the First President of Indonesia Sukarno and entered service in June 2023.
The governments of Indonesia and Turkey first agreed in May 2015 to jointly develop the MMWT for the Indonesian Army at a reported cost of 30 million US dollars. [7] The development phase of the program was expected to take up to 37 months, with the first prototype being built in Turkey, and the second in Indonesia. [ 8 ]
As of 2021, Indonesia is still considering purchasing a Riachuelo-class submarine, the Scorpène variant constructed for Brazil. Talks for such a purchase started as early as 2016. [27] On 7 June 2021, Indonesia signed a letter of intent to buy six Scorpène-class submarines and weapons packages from France. [28]