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The two Italian Navy PPAs purchased from Indonesia change their names and optical numbers
Those transferred to Indonesia are the former Marcantonio Colonna and Ruggiero di Lauria, renamed respectively KRI Brawijaya and KRI Prabu Siliwangi.
Here the new Indonesian PPA KRI Prabu Siliwangi (321), ex Ruggiero di Lauria, photo Giorgio Arra of January 10, 2025

The name change ceremony of the two MPCS (Multipurpose Combat Ship/PPA) units sold to the Indonesian Navy was held today at the Fincantieri shipyard in Muggiano (Italy).

A detachment of ships from the Russian Pacific Fleet, consisting of the corvettes Rezkiy and Geroy Rossiyskoy Federatsii Aldar Tsydenzhapov, Project 20380, arrived on the island of Bali in Indonesia to participate in the international naval exercises Komodo 2025. Representatives from 39 countries, including the United States, China and Japan, will participate in the Komodo 2025 exercises, organized by the Indonesian Navy, which will start on February 16 and last until February 22. The opening ceremony of the exercises is expected to be attended by the President of Indonesia. The Russian ships are accompanied by the medium sea tanker Pechenga.

The crews of the Russian Pacific Fleet corvettes Rezkiy and Geroy Rossii Aldar Tsydenzhapov, Project 20380, took part in the opening ceremony of the international naval exercise Komodo-2025 in the city of Denpasar in Indonesia. During the opening ceremony, the ships of the countries participating in the military exercises passed in formation under the flags of their states. Aircraft and helicopters of the Indonesian Air Force flew in the sky.

Look at dem Merkuriy.

Did China send a ship to the Komodo 2025 exercise in Bali? This US Navy photo shows the PRC and PLAN flags, but I can't find any photos or footage of a PLAN or CCG ship in attendance.

Lethe said:

Did China send a ship to the Komodo 2025 exercise in Bali? This US Navy photo shows the PRC and PLAN flags, but I can't find any photos or footage of a PLAN or CCG ship in attendance.

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Yes. You can find the images here. Apparently a Type-052D and 054A joined the exercise

Lethe said:

Did China send a ship to the Komodo 2025 exercise in Bali? This US Navy photo shows the PRC and PLAN flags, but I can't find any photos or footage of a PLAN or CCG ship in attendance.

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From the looks of , commenting on the assorted navies participating in , it appears the Indonesian authorities were quite proud of their ability to get the USN, VMF, PLAN, IN and PN together for a naval exercise, if not a naval parade.

No offense to our Indonesian friends, but it appears Komodo 2025 was first and foremost a demonstration of Indonesia's "int'l popularity" for the purposes of domestic consumption.

Stealthflanker said:

Yes. You can find the images here. Apparently a Type-052D and 054A joined the exercise

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I think at least some of that footage, and those PLAN ships in particular, are associated with the previous exercise. At the moment I am leaning towards no Chinese ships having been present for the 2025 edition, though the flag and banner from my previous post suggests some level of representation. I also note that two PLAN frigates and an LHD visited Indonesia only a , so the absence would not appear to reflect a recent deterioration in relations between Indonesia and China.

zyklon said:

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, it appears the Indonesian authorities were quite proud of their ability to get the USN, VMF, PLAN, IN and PN together for a naval exercise, if not a naval parade.

No offense to our Indonesian friends, but it appears Komodo 2025 was first and foremost a demonstration of Indonesia's "int'l popularity" for the purposes of domestic consumption.

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Indonesia has been quite explicit in terms of framing the Komodo/MNEK series of exercises as focused on humanitarian assistance/disaster relief rather than combat drills or deeply integrated operations. It's clearly a political exercise that both reflects Indonesia's strategic positioning and is intended to signal that positioning to others, but there's nothing wrong with that.