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These three sophisticated research vessel belonging to Indonesia

Minister of Research, Technology and Higher Education (Higher Education Research and Technology), Mohammad Nasir and Coordinating Minister for maritime, Indroyono Susilo just release the departure of three vessels for marine research and fisheries. The three ships namely Riger, the Baruna Jaya IV, and Bawal White III.

Higher Education Research and Technology brags if the three ships are the most advanced vessel owned by Indonesia to conduct maritime research field. According to him, the three vessels each equipped with the latest technology.

"For example, like Rigel ship. The ship is the latest to be caught including sonar 10 km. It's incredible 10 km to do research on marine and fisheries. And this Riger ship most sophisticated. Because it is unmanned," he said.

Then he went on, there are ships Bawal White III is equipped with a submarine that can be boarded four people to roam the depths of 100 meters.

Meanwhile, for the vessel Baruna Jaya IV had the technology Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) which is able to detect the swift underwater currents that are useful for researching marine life.

Nevertheless, he acknowledged the advanced equipment in all boat that was not made in Indonesia, but most of Germany. "In the overall technology research equipment made in Germany and includes sophisticated. But there are some who from Indonesia. If the ship itself for the average foreign-made," he said.