According to Naval News, the Indonesian Navy sank its decommissioned warship KRI Slamet Riyadi in the Java Sea using French and Chinese anti-ship missiles and F-16 fighter jets with bombs.
What is known
The decommissioned ship sank during the SINKEX exercise at the end of last month. Nearly two dozen warships, fighter jets, helicopters, and transport aircraft took part in the event.
Four types of ammunition were used to sink the KRI Slamet Riyadi frigate. The KRI Tombak strike ship fired Chinese C-705 missiles. The KRI frigate Yos Sudarso (353) struck with S-802 missiles, also made in China.
The Indonesian Navy frigates KRI R.E. Martadinata (331) and KRI John Lie (358) launched French Exocet missiles. The final point was made by the fourth-generation F-16 Fighting Falcon fighters of the Indonesian Air Force with tail numbers TS-1601 and TS-1602.
Both aircraft used American M117/MK-12 bombs. As a result of accurate hits, the frigate split into three parts and sank. If he had survived, the KRI Abdul Halim Abdul Halim Perdanakusuma (355) and KRI Sampari (628) would have launched an additional attack with C-802 and C-705 missiles.
The destroyed ship was purchased by Indonesia in the 1980s from the Netherlands. After the acquisition, the 113-meter Van Speijk-class frigate was renamed KRI Slamet Riyadi in honor of the Indonesian national hero who fought in the country’s war of independence in 1945-1949.
The frigate has been in service with the Indonesian Navy for more than 30 years. In August 2019, the service decommissioned KRI Slamet Riyadi. The main weapon, the 76-mm OTO Melara gun, has been repaired and is now being used at the Indonesian Navy’s artillery range on the island of Java.
