JAKARTA, Jan. 20 (Xinhuanet) -- The Indonesian Navy plans to develop its own guided missiles to arm local made warships, Navy Chief Admiral Bernard Kent Sondakh said here Thursday.

    He said the guided missiles will be developed in cooperation ofthe Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI) and the National Aviation and Aeronautical Institute (LAPAN).

    He said the missiles will be installed in local warships which have entered production at the meantime.

    "The missiles will be called the Rudal Nasional. The test will be conducted in 2007 at the latest," he told reporters at the Jakarta Naval Base in the sidelines of a ceremony to mark seven local warships entering service in the Navy.

    He said the missile development project is estimated to cost 25billion rupiah (some 2.78 million US dollars). Enditem