PT PAL Unveils KSOT Autonomous Submarine Prototype for the First Time
The KSOT is said to be equipped with artificial intelligence, capable of a submerged endurance of up to 72 hours, a top speed of 20 knots, and controlled through direct radio or satellite links up to 200 miles away.
PT PAL also stated that the KSOT’s communication/control system could be integrated with command centres on Indonesian Navy (TNI AL) warships, naval bases, and headquarters, thus strengthening the Navy’s networked operations. An armed variant of the submarine is claimed to be capable of carrying several Black Shark torpedoes or Exocet missiles.
KSOT has been designed in three configurations: surveillance, one-way attack (OWA or kamikaze), and torpedo-armed variants.
Alongside the KSOT, PT PAL also displayed a truck-based Autonomous Submarine Command Centre (ASCC), designed to manage and coordinate KSOT’s missions from land.
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