Meanwhile....Indonesia's Menhan takes it easy, he said recently in Singapore Airshow 2016...... that there won't be war and the purchase of Su-35 is enough for TNI-AU modernization, the next step would only be the induction of K-FX. Indonesia has confidence in size, knowing that no one will dare to attack and they don't have any intention to attack anyone.

Jokowi's administration is planning for a huge infrastructure boom. About $400 billion will be spent on infrastructure while he's in office.


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Tak Akan Perang, Menhan: Peremajaan Alutsista Udara Cukup




TEMPO.CO, Changi - Menteri Pertahanan Ryamizard Ryacudu mengklaim Indonesia tak akan perang dengan negara lain dalam kurun waktu yang panjang. Hal ini menjadi alibi mantan kepala staf angkatan darat tersebut tak akan melakukan peremajaan terhadap semua alutsista TNI, terutama pesawat-pesawat tempur uzur. Desakan peremajaan mulai mencuat setelah sejumlah pesawat TNI Angkatan Udara jatuh.

"Mau perang dengan siapa?" kata Ryamizard dalam acara Singapore Airshow, 16 Februari 2016. "Sudah cukup."

Ryamizard mengklaim seluruh peremajaan yang dilakukan Kementerian Pertahanan dan TNI sesuai dengan kebutuhan. Hingga saat ini, menurut dia, pemerintah baru merasa perlu mengganti 12 pesawat Northrop F-5E Tiger II dengan sekitar 10 unit pesawat Sukhoi Su-35. Peremajaan ini dilakukan di Skuadron Udara 14 Tempur Lanud Iswahyudi, Magetan, Jawa Timur.

Ia juga berdalih pembelian dan peremajaan alutsista hanya menyesuaikan jenis ancaman yang bakal dialami Indonesia beberapa tahun mendatang. Ia menilai lawan satu-satunya terhadap keamanan negara hanya kelompok teroris. Penangkalan ancaman tersebut tak bisa dijawab dengan peremajaan alutsista TNI yang orientasinya pada penjagaan teritori dan kedaulatan negara.

Ryamizard juga enggan memaparkan alasan pemerintah membeli Sukhoi Su-35 dibandingkan dua kompetitor lainnya, yaitu F-35 Lightning II dan SAAB Gripen. "Jangan sampai ibaratnya ancaman ke arah kiri, malah beli alutsista ke arah kanan," katanya.

Selain F-5E Tiger, armada tempur TNI AU memiliki pesawat tempur jenis Sukhoi Su-30, Sukhoi Su-27, Lockheed Martin F-16 Fighting Falcon, Embraer Super Tucano EMB 314, T-50 Golden Eagle, dan BAE Hawk 209. Pemerintah juga sudah mengantongi kontrak pengadaan pesawat tempur multiperan dalam proyek pesawat IF-X dengan Korea Selatan.

https://nasional.tempo.co/read/news/2016/02...sta-udara-cukup

This post has been edited by Frozen_Sun: Mar 16 2016, 08:21 AM

guess they dont fly often... or not good luck on their logistics

I guess when those infrastructure investments pay dividend in terms of accelerated economic growth, the defense budget will be higher too. Jokowi hinted that the defense budget could reach up to $19 billion per year, if the economic growth is high enough.

But, still a lower priority in the next few years.....

http://nasional.sindonews.com/read/1087727...2019-1456233416

Russian Defense Ministry is developing stealth bridges





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Japan Commissions New Stealth Attack Submarine





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Russia claims its deadly T-14 Armata tank is in full production





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It would go without saying that the beach and any immediate inland defenses in question would be under heavy air and naval attack even before the landings begin.

As the suppression attacks would no doubt be lifted before the actual landing wave lands, it is easier to embed and infiltrate the coastal area with small, scattered tank-hunter infantry teams on foot with light ATGMs rather than vehicle-mounted heavy ATGMs that would undoubtedly attract the attention of patrolling CAS airplanes supporting the landings.

As in Normandy in 1944, small teams of German tank-killer infantry armed with Panzerfaust grenade launchers did significantly much more damage to allied forces than Panzers who were mostly destroyed on their way to the area by patrolling allied CAS airplanes.

Helmets courtesy of the Soviets.their old bases were full of these helmets .seemed they left in a hurry

True that. ATGMs like Metis would work well on the beach-head armour. But like the Argentine objectives at Falklands, I was thinking of going for the LPDs and/or even LCACs/LCUs to deny followup and strand the initial wave...

Whaat? I would have guessed steel helmets left behind in 1989 would have worn away by wear and tear already. I would rather think that the Afghans based their military steel helmet production based on the old Soviet design and for some reason still produce them today.

I see.
Not sure about f5 replacement probably there is none.
I think any big ticket procurement will be put on hold for very long time.
Unless there is changes is political landscape and economy turn around.
New aircraft perhaps after 2020. .

I don't think that will work, the longer you delay hitting the initial wave, the more time it gives the landing force to consolidate. The best time is to hit them the moment the first soldier lands on the beach amid the confusion and fog of war.

Interestingly, Marshal Rommel was fully committed to this approach during the D-Day landings. His superiors ordered for tanks to be held back inland and only deployed to engage the allies when the allies broke out of Normandy. Rommel argued allied tactical air power would neutralize their tanks even before they can be deployed to the area. Turns out he was right.

I would see infiltration of small scouting teams of navy seal/marines into the landing zone.

yeaps.. that's ok...

Where the force is expected to land is also can be an indication of where the landing will actually occur. Feints and deception games will try to throw off the defender on where the attacker will land, but generally there are some fixed rules on how to engineer an amphibious landing.

One of the most important thing is the proximity of the proposed landing area to a working port will usually give a general view on possible landing sites. Armies consume a lot of supplies and landing supplies on the landing beach itself isn't sustainable except in the very short term.

That's why the D-day landings were landed in Normandy and not anywhere else, in fact the main objective of the D-day landings itself is to cut off, capture and secure the nearby major port of Cherbourg. Once the allies are in control of Cherbourg then they could properly plan the invasion in earnest. The Allies knew that without access to the harbor the landings could actually fail due to lack of supplies. Even if the landing force could break out of Normandy, lack of supplies would made it very hard if not impossible to maintain the invasion.



That's why most large-scale amphibious landings will try to land as close as possible to a working port, to bring in supplies necessary to maintain the landing force.

This post has been edited by MilitaryMadness: Mar 16 2016, 12:01 PM

If possible then yes it should be done. But can't always predict where the first wave lands, just like Normandy. So priority IMHO is take out the LPDs and LCUs. To this day amphib capability even of USN cannot put ashore and support anything bigger than a battalion, and landing ops always presume 3-4 days time is needed to build up supplies (though I understand they're working hard to fix this). If we make choking that lifeline a priority within that time period we can limit the effectiveness of the landed troops. Attack indirectly not head-on.

Ecuador army plane crashes in Amazon region killing 22





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Hishammuddin to meet Australian defense minister to discuss China moves in disputed South China Sea



Malaysian Defence Minister Hishammuddin Hussein said on Monday he will meet his Australian counterpart next week to discuss China's military buildup in the disputed South China Sea and hold talks with fellow claimants the Philippines and Vietnam.

China claims most of the energy-rich waters through which about $5 trillion in ship-borne trade passes every year. Neighbors Brunei, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan and Vietnam also have claims.

Hishammuddin said he would meet Australian Defence Minister Marise Payne to ensure efforts are made to "hold China to their promise of not placing military assets in the area".

"If the reports we've received from various sources regarding the buildup and placement of military assets in the Spratlys are true - this forces us in a pushback against China," Hishammuddin told reporters.

Hishammuddin said he would also meet with authorities in Vietnam and the Philippines as, if reports on China's military expansion were true, Malaysia "cannot act alone in stopping the aggressive actions".

"We need the support of other ASEAN countries, and I will continue to (seek that support)," Hishammuddin said. "This is important for us to maintain balance, and to curb the actions by superpowers, whether it is China or the United States."

500k lives lost... damn... thanks nato

The ISIS Army That’s Still Unborn





http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016...ill-unborn.html