Good News From Indonesia

[The Jakarta Post]: The Indonesian Battalion (Indobatt) recently won a sports competition that was organised between UN peacekeeping forces from various countries in Lebanon, from Nov. 4 to 20. Indobatt soldiers finished first in two of the four sporting events contested in the Sector East Inter Contingent Championship 2011, which comprised basket ball, volleyball, futsal [...]

Read the full story

SURABAYA, KOMPAS.com – Indonesian military forces in Garuda Contingent Yonmek Task Force (Konga) XXIII-E/UNIFIL, or Indonesian Battalion (INDOBATT), has concluded its peacekeeping mission in Southern Lebanon for a year. INDOBATT information officer Major Kusworo said from Lebanon Tuesday that the conclusion of the mission in Lebanon was marked with a transfer of authority in Adshit [...]

Read the full story

Surabaya’s Sepuluh November Institute of Technology (ITS) says it is constructing a combat submarine at an estimated cost of Rp 3 billion (US$339,000). The vessel is expected to complete by 2013. ITS School of Marine Engineering Hydrodynamics Lab head Wisnu Wardhana said Tuesday in Surabaya that the funds would come from a research grant from [...]

Read the full story

Dan cerita pun berulang… di Libya. Mudah ditebak, ketika NATO mulai ikut campur membantu pihak oposisi Libya melawan rezim Khaddafi, cepat atau lambat, Khaddaffi dan pendukungnya akan runtuh. Dan alasannya cuma satu, superioritas NATO di udara. Kekuatan udara suatu negara adalah pilar paling penting bagi pertahanan negara tersebut, bila kekuatan udaranya lemah, maka hampir mustahil [...]

Read the full story

Indonesia and India have started a coordinated patrol in the Malacca Strait. Fleet Command Unit for the Western Region (Dansatran Koarmabar) Leut Col Heribertus Yudho Warsono as the 18th India-Indonesia Coordinated Patrol Task Force (Patkor Indindo) 2011, has received representatives of the Indian Navy in Belawan, North Sumatera, Monday. The visit of the Indian Navy [...]

Read the full story

The Indonesian Force Protection Company (Indo FPC)`s task force enjoyed another trust to secure a tripartite meeting of senior officers in conflict-plagued southern Lebanon on Thursday. “Like in the previous months, the Indo FPC`s task force has received a trust from the UNIFIL (United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon) to secure a tripartite meeting among [...]

Read the full story

Sejak lama Indonesia selalu ikut serta dalam usaha menjaga perdamaian di kawasan konflik di seluruh dunia. Saat ini selain di Kongo dan Sudan, pasukan perdamaian TNI juga aktif berperan di Lebanon Selatan untuk menjaga stabilitas kawasan seusai perang singkat Israel – Hezbulloh beberapa tahun lalu. Nah, di Lebanon pasukan perdamaian TNI dikenal dengan sebutan INDOBATT [...]

Read the full story

Indonesia dan Korsel sudah mendirikan pusat penelitian untuk studi awal pengembangan KF-X, pesawat tempur siluman yang akan diproduksi bersama antara Indonesia dan Korea Selatan, yang terletak di Daejeon, 160 km selatan Seoul. Sekitar 100 ahli dan peneliti dari Korea dan 30 dari Indonesia akan bekerja di tempat itu. Ahli-ahli tersebut akan bersama melihat dan mengembangkan [...]

Read the full story

South Korea, Indonesia to establish KF-X research centre By Greg Waldron South Korea and Indonesia have established a research centre to study the proposed KF-X indigenous fighter aircraft. The centre will be located in Daejeon, 160km (99 miles) south of Seoul, said South Korea’s Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA). Approximately 100 Korean and 30 Indonesian [...]

Read the full story

Indonesia sites astride one of the world’s most critical submarine chokepoints. A large share of global trade must pass through the critical Straits of Malacca, and the shallow littoral waters around the Indonesian archipelago. That makes for excellent submarine hunting grounds, but Indonesia has only 2 “Cakra Class”/ U209 submarines in its own fleet, relying [...]

Read the full story