Nations unite against Abu Sayyaf group
Margareth S. Aritonang
The Jakarta Post
Jakarta | Fri, November 18, 2016 | 10:34 am
Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines have agreed to initiate joint army training to advance efforts to secure the Sulu Sea from rampant piracy.
Indonesian Defense...
i'm confused... what is it the navy want to buy in 2017. is it 2 corvette or 2 frigate. or will there be acquisition for both frigate and corvette.
because so far, multiple places mention many shipbuilders planning to join the tender with both frigate and corvette as their product. for example...
IAEA assigns Indonesia to be plant breeding center
15 November 2016 09:54 WIB
Jakarta (ANTARA News) - The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) assigns the Indonesian National Nuclear Energy Agency (Batan) to be a radiation mutation plant breeding center in Southeast Asia region.
"IAEA has...
that's my main concern. The MD must put their best people on it, especially now since there are no other potential seller.
this is the same reason why a long time ago, when TNI just about to buy these tanks, i said that TNI should do a lot of practices with these tanks in Riau or any province...
only one?... hmm. i hope there'll be another bid and others will join too. the problem with only having one contender is that there'll be no competition.
it's interesting to follow discussion involving this wargame in other forums... i always see comment such as " why would they train using...
Please understand that when the author said "these moslem" the word "these" refer to those hardliner (the one that the author mention on her previous paragraph) not moslem in general. The author did not derailing things here. Your post, however, might be used to derailed her opinion.
One thing...
When Gus Dur's 'Indonesian Islam' goes down the drain
opinion by Lailatul Fitriyah
Rome | Tue, November 8, 2016 | 11:24 am
In a July 1983 edition of Tempo magazine, Abdurrahman “Gus Dur” Wahid proposed his idea of Pribumisasi Islam (indigenous Islam). His idea was simple, that the local...
and thats where the difference between a reserve and a militia lies.. a military reserve receive a similar training with active duty training. and after several basic or advance training they return to their civilian lives only to spend few days per week/month to maintain their skill. they are...
imho saying it a student militia is slightly misleading..
menwa is a form of a military reserve. the name itself is "resimen mahasiswa". which would translate better to "scholar regiment".
i'm pretty sure theres a difference between a military reserve and a militia...
all of which are within the gov's focus.
new docks + sea toll are being developed..
thousand of trucks for the army
http://defense-studies.blogspot.co.id/2013/04/kemhan-dan-isuzu-bahas-pengadaan-truk.html
the airforce are window shopping for new transport aircrafts...
oh... sombody was talking about indonesian s&p rating... to troll??? 0_o
hmm... probably on my blocked list..
keep in mind that s&p ratings doesn't actually tell you which is better than which..
for example
Junk bonds are risky investments, but they have speculative appeal because they offer...
development of varieties of rice that can survive using briny water is not that new. hence why there're some rice paddy exist near an estuary using briny water... as well as variety of rice that survive in dry soil. and the development of varieties of paddy that can survive in an extreme...
and now you're saying that the army must wait to buy a certain technology until the air force did first... again. i would say that is not how it work..
ps: as mention KEMHAN has prioritize navy and air force.. hence why the army has a smaller budget.
i'm not entirely sure where do you get that informations but the Air Force uses the following missiles:
Missile Origin Type Versions Note
Air-to-air missile[60]
AIM-9 Sidewinder USA Short Range IR guided AIM-9P4 & AIM-9X on F-5E/F, F-16A/B and BaE Hawk 53/109/209
AIM-120 AMRAAM USA Medium...