tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21469522291210352192024-02-08T07:45:00.283+07:00Indonesia DefenseUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger64125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2146952229121035219.post-17343610644762563552019-11-22T02:07:00.000+07:002019-11-22T02:07:38.895+07:00Another Prototype of Indonesian UGV<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b><a href="https://indonesiadefense.blogspot.com/">INDONESIA DEFENSE</a></b> -- Indonesia unveils another prototype of Unmanned Ground Vehicle (UGV) recently.<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2146952229121035219.post-54216466897241253742018-12-30T10:18:00.001+07:002018-12-30T22:18:20.918+07:00Indonesia's Second N-219 Prototype Completes First Test Flight<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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State-owned aircraft manufacturer PT Dirgantara Indonesia (PT DI) has run the first test flight for its second N-219 aircraft prototype in Bandung, West Java.<br />
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The first N-219 prototype was tested on Aug. 17, 2017.<br />
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PT DI chief test pilot Capt. Esther Gayatri Saleh and First Officer Capt. Ervan Gustanto piloted the twin-turboprop 19-seater aircraft on a 20-minute flight on Friday to land successfully at Husein Sastranegara International Airport. Two onboard engineers monitored the aircraft's performance during the flight.<br />
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“This second prototype is much better [than the first] because the flight control system is much improved,” said Esther, who also piloted the first prototype last year.<br />
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PT DI chief engineer Palmana Banandhi said the first and second prototypes flew different test missions. "This is to accelerate our process to obtain certification," he said. (<b><a href="https://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2018/12/24/dirgantaras-second-n-219-prototype-completes-first-test-flight.html">more</a></b>)<br />
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Vietnam is set to launch two radar satellites in 2019 and 2022, marking the country’s major advancement in space technology.<br />
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The two satellites will be Vietnam’s first to employ radar technology which allows for higher-resolution image capturing in all weather conditions.<br />
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LOTUSat-1 and LOTUSat-2 are part of a US$600 million project to establish the Vietnam National Satellite Center (VNSC) in Cau Giay District, Hanoi, which will be the country’s biggest science and technology project.<br />
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Each of the satellites is designed to weigh 600 kilograms and to have an orbital lifetime of five years. They can capture images of objects on the earth surface measuring as small as one meter in size.<br />
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The satellites will be tasked with monitoring and giving out early warnings on weather hazards, as well as keeping track of fish migration at sea to aid Vietnam’s fishing industry, according to VNSC director Dr. Pham Anh Tuan.<br />
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Once launched, the satellites are expected to help save as much as $150 million a year in disaster-caused damage on the country’s crops, according to experts at the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA).<br />
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One giant step for Vietnam’s space technology<br />
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According to Dr. Tuan, LOTUSat-1 will be built primarily by Japanese engineers with the participation of their Vietnamese colleagues.<br />
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The satellite is currently up for contract bidding and is expected to be launched in March 2019.<br />
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Vietnam has already sent a team of 36 select space engineers to Japan for training and taking part in the building of LOTUSat-1.<br />
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The engineers will launch two small demo satellites named Micro Dragon and Nano Dragon next year as part of their training in preparation for the major projects to build Vietnam’s first radar satellites.<br />
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Up to 100 Vietnamese engineers will have been trained by the time LOTUSat-2 is built, Dr. Tuan said, adding that the second satellite will be made in Vietnam by local engineers under the supervision of foreign experts.<br />
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According to the VNSC director, Vietnam currently places in the middle among Southeast Asian nations in terms of space technology, and has never been able to build its own satellites before.<br />
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The ability of its engineers to build satellites will mark a significant step in its progress in the field, Tuan remarked.<br />
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Apart from building the two satellites, Vietnam will also be focusing on training quality personnel capable of running its satellite network in the near future.<br />
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The country successfully launched geostationary satellites Vinasat-1 and Vinasat-2 in 2008 and 2012, as well as sun-synchronous satellite VNREDSat-1 in 2013.<br />
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Kindling youths’ interest in space<br />
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The VNSC project also places particular emphasis on kindling the love for space among youths in the country with the scheduled establishment of an aerospace museum and two observatories.<br />
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The aerospace museum is part of the VNSC complex inside Hoa Lac Hi-Tech Park in Thach That District, Hanoi.<br />
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Its construction has already finished and the museum will be open to the public as early as 2018.<br />
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Meanwhile, two VND120 billion ($5.27 million) observatories are being constructed in Hanoi and Nha Trang, a popular beach city in the central region.<br />
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The observatory in Hanoi will be opened at the same time as the aerospace museum, while the one in Nha Trang will go into operation next March.<br />
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Japan and Indonesia agreed Wednesday to cooperate on maritime security at a time when both countries are embroiled in sea rows with China.<br />
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Beijing asserts sovereignty over almost all of the resource-rich South China Sea, despite rival claims from Southeast Asian neighbours.<br />
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Indonesia has no dispute with China over ownership of reefs or islets.<br />
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But China's expansive claims overlap with Indonesia's exclusive economic zone — waters where a state has the right to exploit resources — around the Natunas, a remote scattering of islands with rich fishing grounds.<br />
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In June Indonesian President Joko Widodo toured the islands on a warship, in a move seen sending a strong message to Beijing to respect his country's sovereignty.<br />
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In Tokyo, Indonesia's coordinating minister for maritime affairs Luhut Panjaitan and Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida met to exchange documents to launch the cooperation framework, including in maritime security and economic development in remote islets.<br />
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"Japan highly values cooperation with Indonesia in maritime affairs," Kishida told Panjaitan.<br />
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The agreement is aimed at helping Indonesia strengthen its capacity in maritime security and promote economic development of remote islands, a foreign ministry official told AFP.<br />
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Australia has earlier said it is considering joint patrols with Indonesia in the South China Sea.<br />
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Japan, which has a territorial row with China over disputed islands in the East China Sea, has worked to strengthen ties with members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, repeatedly stressing maritime disputes should be addressed according to law.<br />
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The Philippines took China to the Hague-based Permanent Court of Arbitration, which ruled in July there was no legal basis to China's claims — a verdict Beijing vehemently dismissed. (<b><a href="http://www.thesundaily.my/news/2102847">source</a></b>)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2146952229121035219.post-57845206670045719842016-07-13T19:18:00.001+07:002016-07-13T19:18:05.343+07:00Indonesia-UAE Defense CooperationEarlier this week, Indonesia’s state-owned arms manufacturer PT Pindad inked a new deal establishing defense cooperation with the United Arab Emirates on the sidelines of President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo’s visit to Abu Dhabi.<br />
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The deal would see PT Pindad offering to transfer technologies to UAE defense logistics and support company Continental Aviation Services (CAS), with the goal of enabling the localized manufacture and marketing of Indonesian products. These include the SS2 assault rifle as well as a range of other ammunition products.<br />
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It would also see CAS collaborating with Rheinmentall Defense Canada to transfer technologies to PT Pindad to allow the company to manufacture remote weapons systems with its own brand for the defense needs of Indonesia as well as other Southeast Asian markets.<br />
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“We appreciate the support of the government and all relevant agencies for encouraging defense industry cooperation between Pindad and its strategic partners from the UAE,” PT Pindad’s director Silmy Karim was quoted as saying by state-owned Antara News on Monday.<br />
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Also discussed were opportunities for Indonesia to export up to 100 units of the X18 Fire Support Vessel – which has been dubbed the Tank Boat – to the UAE. The vessel is being developed by Indonesian firm PT Lundin along with the Belgian firm CMI Defense which developed the boat’s 105mm cannon.<br />
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Antara News quoted Liza Lundin, director of PT Lundin, as saying that this would constitute “a large defense industry export” from Indonesia to the UAE.<br />
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More generally, it would also be a boost to President Jokowi’s efforts to boost Indonesia’s local defense industry capabilities. As I have written previously, Jokowi has placed an emphasis on producing defense products locally as well as cementing ties with foreign manufacturers to facilitate the transfer of know-how and potential exports. State-owned firms such as PT Pindad, along with PT PAL and PT Dirgantara, are central to the realization of this objective.<br />
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Beware of Indonesian Navy marine force.<br />
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Nigeria has announced plans to send an astronaut into space by 2030, as part of its drive to develop a world-class space industry.<br /><br />"The space program is very important," said Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu, Minister of Science and Technology, during a speech in the capital city Abuja. "Space is a major asset that Nigeria must be involved in for the purpose of protecting national interests."<br /><br />A Nigerian Space Agency delegation will visit partners in China this month to discuss logistics and investment for a manned space mission, which would be the first by an African nation.<br /><br />The case for space<br /><br />Dr. Onu's announcement has been greeted with skepticism, partly as it came soon after a scam email demanding $3 million for a lost Nigerian astronaut went viral, and as policy announcements from the new government have been scoring poorly on the Buharimeter, a Nigerian civil society website assessing policy commitments. Onu also recently announced plans to start a pencil manufacturing industry that would create 400,000 jobs.<br /><br />But Nigeria's space program is no joke, and it is making steady progress. The National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA) has launched five satellites since 2003, with three still in orbit delivering vital services. The most recent - NigeriaSat-X -- was the first to be designed and constructed by NASRDA engineers, and more advanced models are in development.<br /><br />The space agency has made extensive and creative use of the satellites, from analyzing climate data to improve farming practices, to retrieving hostages from Boko Haram, and officials argue this proves space exploration is essential for Nigeria.<br /><br />"We contribute to various sectors that benefit the nation," says Felix Ale, NASRDA communications chief. "Space applications are key to development."<br /><br />Capacity has improved through greater investment in infrastructure and skills, says Ale, adding that NASRDA has now trained over 300 staff to PhD or BsC level.<br /><br />Crucially, the industry also benefits from political will at the highest level.<br /><br />"The president is committed to the program," says Ale. "To ensure that dreams transfer to reality."<br />
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Space exploration is not only a scientific endeavor but now has a geoeconomic and geopolitical dimension to it. India cannot confine its infrastructure development goals to roads, railways, housing and lavatories; it would have to include mineshafts and mine-rakes on asteroids, space stations deep in space, and manned colonies on the Moon.<br />
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Recently a landmark United States law titled ‘US Commercial Space Launch Competitiveness Act of 2015’ was signed by President Barack Obama. The law, among other things, facilitates private entities originating in the US to commercially explore and extract extraterrestrial resources present on asteroids and other celestial bodies, potentially including the moon and planets. Private entities, per US laws and international obligations, will hold rights on extraterrestrial material extracted.<br />
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While the law has included a disclaimer that Washington would not exert sovereignty over any celestial body, it has right away rejected the already failed Moon Treaty of which India is a signatory. This is a massive victory for the American space advocacy groups and the maturing private space industry with asteroid and lunar mining, space transportation, and space habitat portfolios.<br />
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This new law would also stimulate Russia and China to rapidly follow suit by employing their already operational manned and unmanned space exploration programs. The optimistic side of this development is, humans would finally colonize and extract resources from outer space. The hard fact is it would not entirely be a cooperative enterprise but a segregated one with multispectral – political, economic, and ideological – competition for control of extraterrestrial lands and subsequent domination over extraterrestrial resources.<br />
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Where is India placed in this entire scenario? Why did India at first sign a miscarried treaty? Are our space policymakers yet unwilling to advance India at par with other nations?<br />
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The Moon Treaty was tabled in the United Nations in 1979. This treaty was approximate to the Outer Space Treaty of 1967, which banned the use of weapons of mass destruction in space, on the moon and other celestial bodies and limited the use of these bodies exclusively for peaceful purposes.<br />
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The Moon Treaty went much ahead and stressed the moon and other celestial bodies within the Solar System be explored only by the consent of an international regime and based on the principle of the Common Heritage of Mankind. The Moon Treaty also banned private ownership of extraterrestrial property and empowered the hypothetical international regime to control resource extraction and allocation if carried out.<br />
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Consequently, the Outer Space Treaty was ratified by all space-faring nations as its clauses were politically viable, but the Moon Treaty was fervently rejected by nearly all of them. The two critical reasons for rejection are: one an international regime is highly impractical and by concept incompatible to national interests and two these nations always envisioned to move out in space for colonization and resource utilization.<br />
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Today the Moon Treaty is a failure; acceded, ratified or signed only by twenty nations. Most of these nations cannot maneuver beyond Earth’s orbit. But two space-farers – France and India – stand weirdly in the list of Moon Treaty signatories. Now that the implications of rejecting the treaty are recognized what actually coerced India to sign it?<br />
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India’s space-scientific-strategic policy from the times of Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru has often shown digression from realism towards idealism. Since most space-scientific-strategic institutions were established during his tenure, they were nurtured in a deeply idealistic value system. It is true that India was economically and technologically deficient in the early 1960s, and space exploration could not have been a priority then. Therefore the father of Indian space program Dr. Vikram Sarabhai in 1962 had to declare in his initiation doctrine “We do not have the fantasy of competing with the economically advanced nations in the exploration of the moon or the planets or manned space-flight.”<br />
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This tactical Earth-centric doctrine kept a check on the left in India, which often raised the bogie of lavatories over space program. It also signaled India’s surrender as a non-competitor to both Moscow and Washington. When Wernher Von Braun and Sergei Korolev were using the World War II paraphernalia and Cold War as a tool to advance the American and Russian space programs, Sarabhai initiated his space program under the Soviet umbrella and tactically with a tenor of renunciation.<br />
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Sarabhai’s untimely death did not give him a chance to see a transforming India, which could have yielded him the chance to override his own doctrine. India’s space policymakers have not been able to depart from the Sarabhai doctrine, bearing in mind Sarabhai’s gigantic impact on the space program, their own inabilities to estimate global trends, and due to successive Indian government’s idealistic and sovietized leanings.<br />
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Prime Minister Nehru had an admirable interest in the Soviet Union and likewise in its space program. He had hosted the first Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin when he visited India in October 1961. The primordial advances of the Indian space program especially the establishment of ground control systems, R&D facilities and the launch of India’s first satellite series ‘Aryabhata’ in the mid-1970s, during Indira Gandhi’s prime-ministerial tenure, all happened with the Soviet assistance.<br />
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Such has been the comradeship between the two nations that in 1976 the Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev during Mrs. Gandhi’s state visit to the Soviet Union, took her to the highly guarded cosmonaut training facility at ‘Star City’. Once she came back to power in 1980, after the fall of the Janata government, Leonid Brezhnev offered her to fly an Indian cosmonaut in space under the Soviet Interkosmos program. This offer was special for India but not an élite one.<br />
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Soviet Union wished to strengthen its alliance with all pro-Soviet nations from the Warsaw Pact, COMECON and NAM groups. They had already flied cosmonauts from Hungary, Bulgaria, Romania, Czechoslovakia, Poland, German Democratic Republic (GDR), Cuba, Mongolia, Vietnam and France. None of these nations, except France, had a competent indigenous space program then.<br />
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Mrs. Gandhi accepted the Soviet Union’s offer formally in 1981, deeming it a great opportunity for Indian scientists, and cosmonaut Rakesh Sharma flew later in 1984. In between, on 18th January 1982 India ratified the Outer Space Treaty, which it had signed in 1967 during the first prime-ministerial term of Mrs. Gandhi. On the same day India signed the Moon Treaty.<br />
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Although India did not declare its intention of signing the Moon Treaty, there are certain circumstantial evidences that hint at the motive. Mrs. Gandhi while addressing a conference organized by the United Nations Outer Space Affairs Division applauded the successful demonstration of landing man on the moon and exploration of Mars, Venus and outer planets. She further mentioned the glaring differences between the haves and have-nots and urged the then scientists and world leaders not to extend their differences in space.<br />
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Overall such statements are understood either as rhetoric, typical to most leaders speaking on global platforms, or as a deep belief in the common heritage of mankind principle. She was most probably serious about the latter. It could either be that by signing the Moon Treaty she was trying to gain a moral high ground by demonstrating India’s commitment to common heritage of mankind; or she possibly was presuming the space-faring nations including her Interkosmos host and all-weather ally – the Soviet Union – would explore and share the extracted extra-terrestrial resources with all nations. The rejection of the Moon Treaty confirms no nation, even socialist, is willing to share these strategic resources freely.<br />
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Also it is difficult to know, whether prior to signing the Moon Treaty there was any intelligence analysis done by the Indian agencies. The Indian intelligence network could have detected the huge opposition the Moon Treaty was facing in the United States and the overall disinterest shown by most space-faring nations including the Soviet Union and China. Signing the Moon Treaty under the allure of idealism and the now-collapsed Soviet Union has done no good to India. It has only highly restricted India’s space program.<br />
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One cannot say that the Indian leadership never thought of space exploration seriously. Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee began talking about carrying out space exploration with the purpose of extra-terrestrial resource utilization. The entire premise of the Chandrayaan-1 mission, which he announced in 2003, was based on developing capabilities to extract minerals from the moon.<br />
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Talks on extracting Helium-3, a potent fuel for nuclear fusion, from the moon were coming from the then space administrators. The Indian interest in Helium-3 coincided with that of China, which prompted it to launch the Chang’e 1 lunar mission in 2007. However India’s interest was short-lived only until the launch of Chandrayaan-1 in 2008. Today when New Delhi is stuck with only one successful lunar mission to the moon, Beijing has attempted four successful lunar missions, the fifth is scheduled for 2017, each demonstrating increasing capabilities.<br />
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In the same period Beijing has successfully demonstrated manned spaceflight and space station building capabilities. Beijing is planning to launch its indigenous full-fledged space station by the year 2020, and for which Pakistan has shown interest. Beijing could play the same geopolitical card as the Soviets did in the 1970s and 1980s and this time to counter India by taking Pakistani taikonauts in space.<br />
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There might be a counter-agreement that India has made an impact with its recently successful technology demonstrator Mars Orbiter Mission. True, the mission has been impactful, but it has been dependent on American deep space communication network and with a limited payload that has not yet yielded high-end science.<br />
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New Delhi’s limitation, despite its overwhelming encouragement to Mars Orbiter, is well known. And in all this, the real race is not for Mars. If it were so, Beijing would have fastened its counter move. The real race exists in the near-Earth space and it is here India is stagnating.<br />
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The renunciation in the Sarabhai doctrine, which was actually practical only for a few years, erroneously continues to this day as prophetic words that cannot be changed. Recently the ISRO chairman deprioritized the Indian manned spaceflight program and indicated refocusing on basic Earth-based applications.<br />
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Although advancing Earth-based competencies is necessary, the rampant belittling of a strategic endeavor like manned space exploration is harmful to India’s interests. Both Mr. Vajpayee’s Chandrayaan-1 and to a certain extent Mrs. Gandhi’s Interkosmos are indicators of rare rational investment on part of our prime ministers. However it is equally clear that to this day the Indian leadership and space administrators mistakenly views space exploration as unnecessary, fanciful and the-last-thing-to-do.<br />
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The success of US in space is widely due to its non-centralized and competitive habitat. Its universities, research institutions, governmental departments as well as the private sector together generate great technological dividends for their nation.<br />
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Russia and erstwhile Soviet Union – India’s former sociopolitical idols – unlike India also possess a quasi-decentralized system. The great advances it made in space was due to stiff competition amongst the various design bureaus. The rapid advances of China in space are also credited to their own versions of design bureaus often deemed as academies, corporations, and expert groups.<br />
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India’s space program, to its own hazard, has remained more centralized and devoid of any constructive inter-agency competition as compared to ‘centralized’ China and Russia. Such a program contributes much less to a nation’s technological infrastructure as compared to de-centralized one.<br />
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As the Nobel Prize winner economist Milton Friedman held in his critique for India’s over-centralized framework and which is even relevant today “India lacks none of the basic requisites for economic growth except a proper economic policy” He further added “The current danger is that India will stretch into centuries what took other countries only decades.”<br />
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His prophetic statements could be extrapolated even to India’s improperly inward-looking space policy. If New Delhi is to extract the best from its space program it ought to be ambitious yet real world and less-protectionist yet not Laissez-faire.<br />
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi must comprehend space exploration as a crucial apparatus for India’s futuristic interests. Space-faring nations have always carried out exploration with raison d’etat in pursuit; Indian space program sadly is ailing with non-pragmatic idealism against its own interest.<br />
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Space exploration is not only a scientific endeavor but now has a geoeconomic and geopolitical dimension to it. In the 21st century, India cannot confine its infrastructure development goals to roads, railways, housing and lavatories; it would have to include mineshafts and mine-rakes on asteroids, space stations deep in space, and manned colonies on the Moon.<br />
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These state-of-the-art infrastructures are no more fantasies and amusements but are serious machineries of the evolving global economy. Washington’s laudable move is a signal that even in outer space speed, far-sightedness and realism would always triumph lethargy, myopia and idealism. Venturing in space is a common dream for the entire mankind, however it would be a segregated and competitive enterprise. The youthful one sixth of humanity – India – ought to partake in this spirited aspiration for the advancement of its own civilization.<br />
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Indonesia to build more Landing Platform Dock (LPD) in 2017 budget year.<br />
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The ship will strengthen the existing LPD's.<br />
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Indonesia already exported an LPD ship to Philippines Navy.<br />
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An LPD ship planned to be built for civilian use.<br />
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“The militia represents a useful tool in China’s plan to bloodlessly press its maritime claims, since its frequently civilian appearance allows Beijing to deny its involvement in encounters such as last October’s and exploit the U.S. Navy’s rules of engagement”- Dr Andrew Erickson<br />
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Since the founding of the PLA in 1927 the militia has been an important instrument to the Chinese high command. This peasant guerrilla force served primarily as a PLA support in enhancing security in both the heartland and the border regions. Their contribution in various forms against all PLA’s enemies, foreign and domestic, was well-publicized inside of China. A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of the People’s Republic was essential especially in late 1960s to mid 1980s when the threat of an all out invasion by the Soviet Union was all consuming to China’s defense calculus. <br />
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Fast forward to today. As the PLA moves away from a general defensive all-out total war to a focused modernization effort on professionalism, and diverse forms of high tech warfare, it is easy to conclude that the militia is a relic from a bygone era. This is true in a certain respect, such as boarder security facing the Central and North Asia. The militia's is now replaced by the better armed and trained People’s Armed Police. However, in China’s “Near Sea” disputes with her neighbors, the maritime militia is an active participant -- they responsible in not only support the PLAN and the Coast Guard but other civilian agencies that have a stake in the dispute. They are present in several recent maritime incidents. Until recently, maritime militia’s missions and roles are not researched, but thanks for Dr Andrew Erickson and other academics at the US Naval War College’s China Maritime Studies Institute, we now have a much clearer picture on their significant roles currently being playing out in the South China Sea. <br />
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Here is an example of Dr Erickson's many works, and fine introduction to this important topic:<br />
Andrew S. Erickson and Conor M. Kennedy, “Chapter 5: China’s Maritime Militia,” in Rear Admiral Michael McDevitt, USN (ret.), ed., Becoming a Great “Maritime Power”: A Chinese Dream (Arlington, VA: CNA Corporation, June 2016), 62-83.<br />
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Introduction<br />
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An important component of China’s local armed forces is the militia. It supports China’s armed forces in a variety of functions, and is seeing expanded mission roles as the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) continues to modernize. While the maritime militia is not a new addition to China’s militia system, it is receiving greater emphasis since China now aspires to become a great maritime power and because maritime disputes in China’s near seas are a growing concern.<br />
No official definition of the maritime militia exists in the many sources the authors examined. However, in late 2012 the Zhoushan garrison commander, Zeng Pengxiang, and the garrison’s Mobilization Office described it concisely: “The Maritime Militia is an irreplaceable mass armed organization not released from production and a component of China’s ocean defense armed forces [that enjoys] low sensitivity and great leeway in maritime rights protection actions.”<br />
The only estimate of the size of the maritime militia obtained during the course of this research was from a source published in 1978, which put the number of personnel at 750,000 on approximately 140,000 craft. In its 2010 defense white paper, China stated that it had 8 million primary militia members nationwide. The maritime militia is a smaller unique subset since it performs many of its missions at sea. However, an accurate number is not available. It is important to note that the maritime militia is distinct from both China’s coastal militia (shore based) and its naval reserve, although some coastal militia units have been transformed into maritime militia units.<br />
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History of China’s maritime militia<br />
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China’s militia system originated before the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) came to power, but the system of making numerous state-supported maritime militias out of the coastal populations was not fully implemented until the Communists began to exercise greater control of the coastline in the 1950s. This segment of China’s population had been relatively isolated from events on land and was subject to Japanese and Nationalist control in the decades before CCP rule was established. The CCP targeted the fishing communities, creating fishing collectives and work units, enacting strict organizational control, and conducting political education.146 Factors motivating and shaping this transformation included:<br />
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The PLA’s early use of civilian vessels<br />
The need to prevent Nationalist Chinese (ROC) incursions along the coast<br />
The need to man the maritime militia with fishermen, as there were too few other experienced mariners<br />
Confrontations with other states’ fishing and naval vessels, due to the depletion of fishery resources.<br />
The need to fish farther from shore, in contested waters.<br />
The transformation from coastal defense militias to the at-sea maritime militia<br />
Overall trends in militia development, including specialization, emergency response, technological units, and increased orientation towards supporting each of the PLA branches.<br />
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The maritime militia has played significant roles in a number of military campaigns and coercive incidents over the years, including:<br />
The 1950s support of the PLA’s island seizure campaigns<br />
The 1974 seizure of the western portion of the Paracels<br />
The 2009 Impeccable incident<br />
The 2011 harassment of Vietnam’s survey vessels (Viking II and Binh Minh)<br />
The 2012 Scarborough Shoal standoff (Tanmen Militia present)<br />
The 2014 Haiyang Shiyou-981 oil rig standoff. …<br />
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The Iraqi Army defenders of Ramadi had held their dusty, stony ground for over a year and become familiar with the increasing adeptness of their opponents waving black flags. At first, these Iraqi Army units simply faced sprayed rifle fire, but then it was well-placed sniper rounds that forced these weary units to keep under cover whenever possible or risk a death that only their comrades — but never the victim — would hear. Tired, beleaguered, and cut off from reinforcements from Baghdad, they nonetheless continued to repulse attack after attack.<br />
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The last months witnessed a new weapon — car bombs. The Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and its predecessor, al-Qaeda in Iraq, had long been the masters of using car bombs, but almost always against isolated checkpoints or undefended civilians. But an old tactic found a new situation. Car bombs, now parked against outer walls and driven by suicide bombers, were thrown against the Iraqi Army’s defenses in Ramadi.<br />
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The Institute of National Aviation and Space (LAPAN) will build an observatory in Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara, in 2016, that will serve as a public science center in Indonesia.<br />
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"We have planned to build the observatory in 2016 after we receive a building permit," LAPAN Chairman, Thomas Djamaluddin, stated here on Wednesday.<br />
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The institution will build the observatory on Mount Timau in Fatumonas Village in Kupang District.<br />
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The East Nusa Tenggara provincial administration has granted permission to Lapan to build the observatory. The institution is still awaiting a permit from the Forestry and Environment Ministry.<br />
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Djamaluddin remarked that the observatory building is planned to be constructed in a protected forest area.<br />
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"There are only a few trees in the protected forest area in East Nusa Tenggara. We will plant more trees around the observatory later," he affirmed.<br />
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The institution said the observatory located in Lembang, Bandung City, in West Java Province is not ideal due to high light pollution and an increase in housing construction.<br />
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The chief stated that two minimum requirements, such as the sky brightness and light pollution in the surrounding area, need to be met for the observatory to function optimally.<br />
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"The light pollution in Bandung is severe," Djamaluddin said, adding that the Boscha observatory in Lembang will be maintained as a research and education observatory.<br />
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The survey conducted by the Bandung Technology Institute and LAPAN has revealed that Kupang City has the maximum number of sunny days and low light pollution.<br />
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The cost to construct an observatory in Kupang is estimated at Rp300 billion and will be funded from the state budget.<br />
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Lapan has estimated that the observatory will be developed by 2019.<br />
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Additionally, District Head of Kupang, Ayub Titu Eki, expressed pride over Kupang being selected as the site to build the space observatory.<br />
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"We are very proud of this trust. Kupang, as a suburban and remote area, is an ideal location to build an observatory," Eki added.<br />
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Sweden has officially offered its air power package to Indonesia, banking on lower lifecycle cost coupled with attractive financing solutions and a commitment to fulfill its obligation of transferring the technology.<br />
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The offer was announced by Swedish Ambassador to Jakarta Johanna Brismar Skoog during a breakfast briefing at her residence in Kebayoran Baru, South Jakarta, on Thursday morning.<br />
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Indonesia is looking to replace its aging, US-made F-5 E/F Tiger II jet fighter and the Swedish offer is thus far the only comprehensive one.<br />
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Rather than offering only the latest generation of its light, single engine Gripen jet fighter, Swedish defense and security giant Saab throws a complete set of air defense systems.<br />
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The offer also includes Erieye airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) for maritime surveillance and control; ground-based Command and Control; tactical data link to share data among various platforms; industrial cooperation, including transfer of technology and local production; and extensive job creation, reaching into the thousands.<br />
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'We have a proven track record on transfer of technology and industrial cooperation,' Skoog said, citing Brazil, the Czech Republic, Hungary, South Africa and Thailand as examples.<br />
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'We have the best capacities and capabilities in air defense allowing you to control your territory.'<br />
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She added that the air power package offered by Sweden was not only limited to military purposes but also civilian, such as monitoring illegal fishing, smuggling and piracy.<br />
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Meanwhile, Saab Indonesia head Peter Carlqvist said Saab was offering the most cost-efficient air defense solution.<br />
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Citing a study by Jane's, he said Gripen had the lowest flight hour cost when compared with its competitors at US$4,700 per hour. Another light, single-engine fighter contender, the US-made F-16 Fighting Falcon is at $7,700. The cost increases for heavy, twin-engine fighters. French-made Dassault Rafale costs $16,500 and Eurofighter Typhoon $18,000.<br />
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Carlqvist said that the Russian-made Sukhoi Su-27/30 Flanker, tipped as Indonesia's ultimate choice, was the costliest at between $40,000 and $50,000.<br />
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With the same amount of money, he said, Indonesia could afford to operate four-times as many Gripens instead of the Sukhois. 'Or the money can be channeled somewhere else, such as universities or hospitals,' he said.<br />
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He added that the most important consideration was the total lifecycle cost, with acquisition cost contributing only some 20 percent.<br />
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On industrial cooperation, Carlqvist said it would include local production and technology transfer to local companies. 'We are committed to fulfilling the obligation of 35 percent direct offset and 50 percent indirect offset,' he said.<br />
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Saab, for example, will transfer the know-how on designing and making tactical data link complete with cryptography so that Indonesia could have its own system guaranteeing a high level of security.<br />
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PT Dirgantara Indonesia (PTDI) is one of the indigenous aerospace companies in Asia with core competence in aircraft design and development, aircraft structure manufacturing, aircraft assembly, and aircraft services for both civilian and military of light and medium aircraft.<br />
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Promo Video of CN235 MPA, an advanced patrol aircraft made in Indonesia<br />
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Indonesia's Aircraft Maker PT DI, now become the sole producer of NC-212i passenger aircraft.<br />
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European company gave up building this aircrfat and preferring to focus on largest planes.<br />
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Indonesia's army (Puspenerbad) eyed to buy Mi-26T largest helicopter in the world made in Russia.<br />
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The helicopter will compete with US made Boeing CH-47 Chinook.<br />
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The Manila Times published caricature about President Jokow Widodo defending his country, Indonesia from China invasion in Natuna Island.<br />
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Head of Information Division of Indonesian Navy Admiral Edi Sucipto has confirmed that Indonesian Navy has arrested a Chinese-flagged boat. The boat that carried 7 crew members were captured on Friday in the Natuna waters, Riau Islands, over alleged illegal fishing.<br />
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“It’s been detained in Ranai Naval Base for further process,” Edi told Tempo on Monday, June 20, 2016.<br />
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In the arrest, the National Armed Forces (TNI) deployed KRI Imam Bonjol-383 ship which was in the middle of a sea patrol. The Parchim class corvette KRI Imam Bonjol-383, dispatched by Western Indonesian Fleet Command, received a report based on an aerial maritime surveillance.<br />
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“The report was about 12 foreign fishing boats in the Natuna,” Edi said.<br />
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Edi added that the group of Chinese-flagged boats fled when KRI Imam Bonjol came after them. The Navy fired a warning shot, but they ignored it. “After several warning shots and shots fired across the bow, one of the 12 foreign boats was stopped,” he said.<br />
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Investigation will soon be carried out by the visit, board, search and seizure (VBSS) team. The Chinese-flagged ship with hull number 19038 was crewed by alleged Chinese nationals; 6 men and a woman.<br />
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The Navy will continue to conduct sea patrol following the incident.<br />
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“Whatever the flag is, anyone who violates the law in Indonesian jurisdiction will be prosecuted,” Edi said.<br />
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A Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) aircraft was intercepted by two Indonesian fighter jets while crossing over the Natuna Islands. <br />
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Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein said the Charlie C130 was travelling to Labuan, Sabah, from the Subang airbase when it was intercepted.<br />
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"Yes, we have received information that the flight was intercepted by two Indonesian jets. However, we do not have full details of the incident.<br />
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"We are in the process of getting the full report," he said after distributing 1,000 of bubur lambuk (porridge) to visitors at the Setiawangsa Ramadan bazaar Sunday.<br />
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It is unclear what time the incident occurred.<br />
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Hishammuddin however assured that Indonesia and Malaysia have close relations.<br />
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"I'm not worried as this is normal and it happens everywhere in the world. If there were any incidents between us, we can deal with each other diplomatically. We will not let any incident ruin our ties.<br />
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"Plus, I am very close to the Indonesian Defence Minister, Ryamizard Ryacudu. If I need to contact him, it wouldn't be a problem," he said.<br />
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A source told The Star that the Indonesian jets were only notifying the RMAF aircraft that it had entered the Indonesian air space.<br />
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"No untoward incident occurred," he said. <br />
The Natuna Islands are located in the South China Sea, off the northwest coast of Borneo.<br />
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Last week, Indonesian president Joko Widodo visited the islands and ordered the defence around it to be stepped up according to a report by ABC news.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2146952229121035219.post-53991694535614568552010-07-11T15:32:00.000+07:002016-06-27T04:50:39.061+07:00U.S. forces launch ground-based intercontinental missiles hit targets 7,000 km<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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PRC on July 1 June 30 call the U.S. from California's Vandenberg Air Force Base launched a "militia" -3 based ICBMs, and hit targets more than 7000 km away. Missile at 3:40 am local time on the 30th launch points, outside the atmosphere across the Pacific Ocean, and hit a reef in the vicinity of the Marshall Islands boast Delin target.<br />
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the Pentagon said, this experiment showed that the U.S. military's land-based strategic missile in the "good working condition," operational performance remains good. This is the Vandenberg Air Force Base since 1957, the launch of the first 1900 meeting missile work. Analysts said the U.S. military successfully tested a missile defense system for strategic missile launch immediately after the experiment, only one purpose, to demonstrate outside Washington, the "contradictions" are very strong.<br />
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6 16, the U.S. military has in the Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, tested the "militia" -3 ballistic missile and hit the target. At that time, the missile carries a data collection for the W-87 nuclear warhead, "Test Equipment."<br />
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"militia" -3 U.S. land-based strategic nuclear missile is the backbone of combat forces and military service around 2020. This is the first with a hand guided the United States multi-warhead intercontinental ballistic missiles, the U.S. Air Force since 1970. The missile uses inertial guidance NS-20 all formula warheads, each parent has three bullet shells built first, powered by three solid rocket motors, from a fixed silo launchers, a range of 9800-13000 km.<br />
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Earlier, the U.S. military on June 28 near the middle of the night in the Hawaii Range successful intercept test of the missile defense system. It is reported that the U.S. military fired a ground-based interceptor shot down a short-range sea-launched ballistic missile platform. Pentagon Missile Defense Agency, said the task force does not undertake to intercept this missile to master the specific launch time, so the work of the interception was "quite successful."<br />
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The interceptor missile launched by the U.S. Department of "end of the high-altitude missile defense system" an important part. The system consists of floating radar platform and sea-based ABM component. 29-day trial, U.S. interceptors in the "so far the lowest" high on the shooting down incoming missiles. This is the "end of the high-altitude missile defense system" to carry out section 7 of the trial, after the success of all 6 tests.<br />
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However, this system because of "insufficient range", can only shoot down medium-range and short-range missiles, still unable to intercept intercontinental ballistic missiles. Relevant information, "the end of high-altitude missile defense system" is mainly to "the missile hit the missile" approach, in the enemy ballistic missile re-entry occasion, and destroy them. U.S. Navy's "Aegis" cruisers are sea-based launch platform of the system.<br />
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the Pentagon said that once the enemy missile launches successfully broken the "terminal high-altitude missile defense systems" positions, the U.S. military can also use the "Patriot" anti-aircraft missiles to intercept the enemy about to hit the target ballistic missiles (the last line of defense). The U.S. military said the missile defense system is used against ballistic missiles that North Korea and Iran. Currently, only U.S. native with interceptor missiles in Alaska and California launch. </div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2146952229121035219.post-22185647672547695822010-07-09T10:51:00.000+07:002016-06-27T04:50:39.059+07:00Swasta dan Negara Didesak Rancang Tank Nasional<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Komandan Marinir : "Kami Butuh Peremajaan Alutsista Mendesak!"<br />
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Peremajaan alutsista dan perbaikan kesejahteraan prajurit menjadi prioritas bagi Komisi I DPR RI untuk dibenahi. Ini mengemuka setelah beberapa anggota Komisi yang membidangi pertahanan ini mengadakan kunjungan ke markas Korps Marinir TNI Angkata Laut, Kamis (8/7).<br />
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Dalam kunjungan tersebut, Korps Marinir yang dipimpin Komandannya Mayjen TNI M Alfan Baharuddin memaparkan beberapa kebutuhan mendesak korps yang harus dipenuhi. Di antaranya, peremajaan alutsista yang sudah tua, termasuk kendaraan tempur dan senjata.<br />
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"Kebanyakan tank-tank yang kita gunakan dibuat tahun 1960-an, dan berkat perawatan yang baik hingga kini masih beroperasi. Kami mohon dapat persetujuan pengadaan kendaraan tempur baru dan penghapusan ranpur yang sudah tidak layak tempur," ujarnya kepada rombongan anggota dewan yang dipimpin Hayono Isman (F-PD) tanpa menyebutkan jenis tank yang akan diganti.<br />
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Selain itu, ia juga menyebut kesejahteraan prajurit masih perlu ditingkatkan. "Perbaikan kesejahteraan prajurit perlu diupayakan terus," imbuhnya.<br />
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Menanggapi hal tersebut, Enggartiasto Lukita dari Fraksi Partai Golkar mengusulkan, sistem penganggaran yanng selama ini tahunan, dibuat menjadi lima tahun agar lebih efektif dan penyerapan anggaran untuk pengadaan alutsista lebih baik. "Kalau terintegrasi bisa lebih didayagunakan. Anggaran akan terpakai maksimal," ujarnya.<br />
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Selain alutsista, lanjut dia, perbaikan kesejahteraan prajurit juga harus menjadi prioritas. "Uang lauk pauk saat ini tidak layak lagi. Apa yang terjadi kalau mereka ditekan untuk latihan, sementara gizinya rendah? Akibatnya, nanti pada usia pensiun kesehatannya terganggu. Alutsista dan kesejahteraan harus diprioritaskan," tutupnya.</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2146952229121035219.post-81681904696997196012010-07-03T02:57:00.000+07:002016-06-27T04:50:39.063+07:00Turki, Indonesia Kembangkan Teknologi Pesawat F-16<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Pemerintah Indonesia dan Turki sepakat melakukan kerjasama bilateral di bidang industri pertahanan. Di antaranya, Indonesia melalui PT Dirgantara Indonesia (DI) akan membantu memodifikasi pesawat terbang Turki untuk keperluan patroli maritim.<br />
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Selain itu, Indonesia juga menjajaki untuk bisa mendapatkan perangkat komponen pesawat tempur jenis F16, Hercules dan keperluan pertahanan lainnya. Nota kerjasama ini dilakukan sebagai rangkaian kerja dalam kunjungan kenegaraan Presiden Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono ke Turki pada 27-28 Juni.<br />
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"Indonesia akan membantu memodifikasi pesawat sejenis CN235 milik Turki untuk dijadikan pesawat patroli maritim. Ini patut kita banggakan karena industri pesawat terbang kita mendapat pengakuan dari negara seperti Turki," kata Menteri Pertahanan Purnomo Yusgiantoro di Ankara, Turki, Senin malam waktu setempat (28/6).<br />
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Bagi Indonesia, tambah Purnomo, kerjasama ini tergolong penting mengingat Turki merupakan negara anggota pakta pertahanan atlantik utara (NATO) yang memiliki persenjataan yang cukup maju. Teknologi industri pertahanan negara yang juga anggota G20 ini termasuk yang terbaik di dunia, mengingat persenjataan yang dimiliki Turki masuh dalam nomor dua terbesar di dunia setelah Amerika Serikat.<br />
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Selain membantu memodifikasi pesawat patroli maritim, Indonesia juga menjajaki bisa mendapatkan komponen atau suku cadang untuk pesawat tempur F16 yang selama ini masih tergantung dari produsen asal pesawat tersebut, yaitu Amerika Serikat. "Turki sudah bisa membuat F16, bahkan pesawat tempur terbaru F35. Ini harus kita manfaatkan agar kita bisa mendapat kemudahan untuk mendapat komponen pesawat. Selama ini, komponen pesawat F16 kita tergantung AS, dan kalau diboikot pasti kita akan kesulitan merawat dan memperbaiki pesawat F16 milik kita," kata Purnomo yang juga baru mengunjungi pasukan perdamaian Indonesia yang berada di Libanon.<br />
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Menurutnya, bukan tanpa alasan jika Turki memiliki industri pertahanan yang sangat maju mengingat letak Turki yang strategis berbatasan dengan negara-negara Asia dan Eropa. "Karena posisi yang diapit banyak negara dan berpotensi konflik di perbatasan, maka Turki mengembangkan industri pertahanannya dengan sangat maju," kata mantan menteri enetrgi dan sumber daya mineral ini.</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2146952229121035219.post-37627195646799444182010-06-29T05:52:00.000+07:002010-06-29T05:54:41.619+07:00Para Penerima Bailout AS akan dikenakan Pajak Tambahan Selama 10 Tahun, Bagaimana dengan Indonesia??<img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 100px;" src ="http://malikulkusno.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/bank-century.jpg">Presiden AS Barrack Obama tengah mengajukan proposal kepada kongres untuk meminta persetujuan pengenaan pajak tambahan sebesar 0,15% selama 10 tahun senilai US$ 90 miliar kepada para penerima bailout. “Kita perlu menerapkan pajak pada bank-bank yang menjadi penerima bantuan terbesar saat puncak krisis keuangan,” ujar Obama seperti dikutip Reuters, Minggu (27/6).<div class="fullpost"><br />Menurut Obama, langkah ini dilakukan guna mengembalikan uang para pembayar pajak AS yang telah digunakan untuk menyelamatkan bank-bank dan institusi-institusi finansial raksasa yang telah diselamatkan pemerintah AS melalui mekanisme bailout.<br /><br />“Sehingga kami dapat kembali setiap sen dari uang pembayar pajak yang digunakan untuk bailout,” jelas Obama.Proposal senilai US$ 90 miliar itu telah diajukan kepada Kongres. Selain itu, Obama juga menyampaikan rencananya tersebut dalam pidatonya di forum G20 di Toronto, Kanada. Obama melihat, mekanisme penerapan pajak tambahan ini layak digunakan oleh tiap negara.<br /><br />“Saya harap kita bisa membuat sebuah kemajuan dalam upaya melakukan reformasi keuangan global dan untuk memastikan agar krisis yang masih belum pulih ini tidak akan terjadi lagi,” jelasnya.<br /><br />Obama berharap kongres dapat menandatangani proposalnya itu sebelum 4 Juli 2010. Dalam proposalnya itu, Obama menekankan setiap perusahaan keuangan yang memiliki aset lebih dari US$ 50 miliar dan dana kelolaan di atas US$ 10 miliar akan dikenakan biaya tambahan (pajak) hingga 2020.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2146952229121035219.post-17277748778146173742010-06-22T04:25:00.001+07:002010-06-22T04:25:44.101+07:0010 Roket Berhulu Ledak Tinggi Siap Diuji Coba<img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 100px;" src ="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYtgNpNsIiaSvgVnjN9pk1l3OxG0t2yUhBu6aMH3xYCTGape3e3x12ZN5GJUqM4B0w8O3ZxIpUud3ggQpT9bAxKXVN8BUW_aNbIZ9hLeH8Qwanrsg-eKN3yrfZQPSaNqgGOcw9sDGz0lI/s400/RX-300.jpg">Untuk mendukung upaya perlengkapan peralatan pertahanan negara, Depertemen Pertahanan (Dephan) Republik Indonesia akan melakukan uji peluncuran 10 rudal dengan hulu ledak berkekuatan tinggi di Baturaja, Sumatera Selatan, Oktober mendatang.<div class="fullpost"><br />"Jumlahnya 10 rudal yang akan kita luncurkan, 4 rudal berhulu ledak, sedangkan sisanya rudal kosong," ujar Kepala Depertemen Penelitian dan Pengembangan Departemen Pertahanan Republik Indonesia Pos M Hutabarat, di Pameungpeuk, Minggu (20/6).<br /><br />Menurutnya, peluncuran tersebut akan membantu untuk melihat sejauh mana perlengkapan perlengkapan senjata yang dimiliki oleh negara dan merupakan hasil karya terbaik putra bangsa Indonesia melalui PT Pindad.<br /><br />Selain itu, rencana peluncuran tersebut, kata dia, bertujuan untuk menilai kesanggupan negara untuk mengurangi sejumlah pasokan peralatan perang yang selama ini kerap didominasi pasokan dari luar.<br /><br />"Kita itu mampu untuk membuat. Sekarang kita berupaya bagaimana kita bisa menciptakan rudal sendiri," ujar Pos Hutabarat.<br /><br />Dijelaskannya, rudal yang akan diujikan nanti memiliki tiga jangkauan yakni 12 kilometer, 20 kilometer serta 30 kilometer. Sedangkan mengenai peluncurannya akan dilakukan secara bertahap sesuai dengan daya jangkauan roket tersebut.<br /><br />"Peluncurannya bertahap. Satu rudal hulu ledak kemudian satu rudal kosong. Harapannya kita akan melihat bagaimana hasil yang ditimbulkannya, " katanya.<br /><br />Pemilihan daerah Baturaja Sumatera Selatan, kata dia dinilai sangat cocok. Daerah tersebut cukup aman dengan jangkauan penduduk yang cukup rendah. Pasalnya peluncuran roket berhulu ledak cukup beresiko.<br /><br />"Kita mencari daerah yang benar-benar jauh dari jangkaun penduduk," jelasnya.<br /><br />Terpisah, Deputi Bidang Teknologi Dirgantara LAPAN Pusat Soewarto Herdhienata menambahkan ada dua kategori rudal yang bisa diluncurkan oleh Lembaga peluncuran milik negara seperti LAPAN.<br /><br />Pertama, kata dia, rudal yang bersifat jangka panjang dan lebih berdasarkan kemanusiaan sehingga rudal yang diluncurkan tidak memiliki hulu ledak. Sedangkan kedua, lebih pada aspek keamanan sehingga rudal yang diluncurkan memililiki hulu ledak.<br /><br />"Selama digunakan untuk kepentingan negara kita akan terus mendukungnya, " ujar Soewarto. </div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0