All NATO is going to have their budget increase as per NATO agreement on spending 2% of their gdp on defense budget.
Because trump unhappy with nato allies not following the agreement.

Rumor has it that the Polish and Czech militaries are pursuing an integration agreement with Germany, one like the Bundeswehr has with the Dutch military.

Anschluss time again?

Indonesia edges closer towards acquisition of Mi-26 helicopters from Russia

Ridzwan Rahmat, Singapore - IHS Jane's Defence Weekly
01 December 2016
  
A delegation from the Indonesian Ministry of Defence (MoD) has concluded a visit to Russia during which a discussion to acquire Mi-26 helicopters for the Indonesian Army (Tentara Nasional Indonesia - Angkatan Darat: TNI-AD) was held.

The matter was disclosed to IHS Jane's on 1 December by sources from within the MoD, and corroborated with matching accounts from an official at state-owned aircraft manufacturer PT Dirgantara Indonesia (PTDI).

Among matters that were discussed during the visit were defence offsets, technology transfer arrangements, and how local Indonesian companies could benefit from the acquisition should it proceeds.

IHS Jane's understands that PTDI is being proposed as a maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) facility for the Mi-26 platform, should the acquisition be approved by the Indonesian government.

RSAF and TNI-AU aircraft flying together during Exercise Elang Indopura 2016 (photo : Sing Mindef)

LABUAN: Tentera Udara Diraja Malaysia (TUDM) memperuntukkan dana tambahan sebanyak RM7 juta kepada peruntukan asal RM9 juta yang disediakan kerajaan untuk pelaksanaan projek Pangkalan Operasi Hadapan (POH) TUDM di Lahad Datu.

Panglima Tentera Udara Jeneral Tan Sri Roslan Saad berkata pada masa ini, TUDM sedang menunggu kelulusan daripada Kementerian Pertahanan dan Kementerian Pengangkutan untuk memulakan projek itu.

Beliau berkata POH, iaitu infrastruktur detasmen helikopter yang akan dibina di Lapangan Terbang Lahad Datu, penting untuk membantu mengekalkan keselamatan ruang udara Sabah, khususnya di Zon Selamat Timur Sabah (ESSZone).

“Pangkalan operasi itu adalah untuk anggota tentera udara bertindak cepat sekiranya berlaku apa-apa kejadian tidak diingini atau isu berkaitan keselamatan di kawasan itu,” katanya selepas menutup Eksesais PARADISE 3/16 TUDM di Pangkalan TUDM Labuan di sini kelmarin.

Upacara pecah tanah projek itu disempurnakan Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak pada Mei lalu.

POH akan berfungsi sebagai pusat transit dan sokongan udara untuk pelbagai helikopter yang dikendalikan oleh Angkatan Tentera Malaysia yang berulang-alik antara Kawasan Keselamatan Khas Pantai Timur Sabah (ESSCom) dan Lapangan Terbang Lahad Datu. – Bernama

Labuan: The deployment of the Hawk Squadron from the Butterworth base to the Labuan Air Force Base has transformed it into the main operating base for Sabah and Sarawak.

Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) Chief, General Tan Sri Roslan Saad said RMAF would look into the needs of additional and upgrading infrastructure at the Labuan Air Force Base.

"The need for infrastructure upgrading is timely, with the deployment of the Hawk Squadron from the Butterworth base to a fixed base in Labuan.

"And, with the shifting of the Squadron and additional assets, we are adding more infrastructures and assets at the Labuan Air Force Base," he said after the 'Closing RMAF Exercise PARADISE 3/16' at the Labuan Air Force Base, here.

He said plans were also afoot to improve the runway facilities so that the aircraft could operate smoothly and effectively.
Roslan said the shifting of the squadron to a fixed base here was aimed at strengthening the security of Sabah's airspace, especially within the Eastern Sabah Security Zone.

He said despite the Labuan Air Force Base being the main operating for Sabah and Sarawak, RMAF bases in other states rendered cooperation whenever needed.

The strength of the Labuan Air Force personnel stands at more than 1,200

Y indon spent so much and we do ciput only...

cos they have teh moneh and we don't have enuff

more like our country development budget is low。
means budget for ATM development also low.
almost like standard budget，not much change from pass。

THE IMPLICATIONS OF A RISING INDONESIA FOR AUSTRALIA IN THE ASIAN CENTURY.

Bradley Wood - 22 November 2016

SYNOPSIS

Decision-makers in Jakarta will be more of a threat to Australia than those in Beijing in the decades ahead. Indonesia’s rise matters far more to Australia’s security than any other country, including the United States (US). Indonesia will continue to grow in significance to the US at the expense of Australia’s interests in the region. Australia needs to recognise the growing strategic threat posed by a rising Indonesia so it can adequately plan and offset this challenge independently of its allies. A newly democratic Indonesia at Australia’s doorstep does little to mitigate the strategic threat posed to Australia. Indonesia is currently experiencing increased nationalism, an upcoming presidential election in 2019, and a defence re-posture to West Papua – a historical potential flashpoint between Australia and Indonesia. The two countries also share two controversial seabed agreements that could cause future diplomatic tensions. Any one of these could cause Indonesia to look south and exert its growing strength. When it comes to dealing with the challenge of a rising Indonesia, Australia is likely to be alone.


INDONESIA’S RISE

Over the next two decades, Indonesia’s military strength will match Australia’s for the first time Indonesia’s defence force currently consists of 396,000 active, 400,000 reserve, and 281,000 paramilitary personnel. As Indonesia becomes the world’s fourth largest economy by 2050, this economic heft will underpin a substantial rise in national power, driving Indonesia’s military modernisation ambitions. Indonesia’s 10 to 15 year modernisation plan includes a 274-ship ‘green-water navy’, 10 fighter squadrons and 12 diesel-electric submarines. A modernised military capability will provide Indonesia with the power to project force south and is likely to challenge Australia’s control over the “Air-Sea Gap” – the important region between Australia and Indonesia that provides Australia with a defensive buffer zone. Separating capability and intent is difficult. However, Indonesia’s rising capabilities will increase the capability side of threat calculation influencing Australia’s threat perception. The Indonesian archipelago will increasingly become a more important region for future considerations of force posture and acquisition, at the expense of periphery interests in Asia.

Indonesia’s military procurement diversification has resulted in increased weapons systems procurement, technology transfer arrangements, and closer defence relations with new defence partners. Since 2009, Russia, South Korea and China have been the dominant arms suppliers to Indonesia. Indonesia’s ongoing acquisition and technology transfer arrangements such as the Chinese C-705 anti-ship missile is an indication of its ambitions to improve and develop an indigenous anti-access/area-denial (A2/AD) capability. Indonesia’s enhanced A2/AD capability will allow Indonesia to secure its maritime borders and strategic sea-lanes at a time when they become increasingly vital to Australia’s future economic prosperity. Indonesia’s modernised capabilities will also provide it with the option to exert its strategic policy more effectively, probably at the expense of Australia’s economic interests in the region. Indonesia could use its increased military capabilities to secure important offshore petroleum and gas deposits in the Arafura and Timor Seas along the contestable borders of its 1972 seabed agreement with Australia. Likewise, Australia’s growing natural resource exports such as liquefied natural gas (LNG), must traverse Indonesia’s deep water straits to access customers in north Asia, and these exports are exposed to significant supply chain risks with choke points within the Indonesian archipelago. Indonesia could exert its newfound strength by delaying or limiting exports through its straits, or prevent the vital petroleum and oil imports that sustain Australia’s economy and the Australian Defence Force.

Read more: http://www.regionalsecurity.org.au/resourc...0162211Wood.pdf

We are outright in the midst of a financial crisis, but the govt media doesn't dare say it out
Not this close to election

Two more FA-50 fighter jets delivered to PAF

Published December 1, 2016 6:51pm

The Philippine Air Force (PAF) on Thursday received two more FA-50 fighter jets it ordered from a South Korean aircraft manufacturer, bringing to four the number of FA-50s in the military's inventory.

The two aircraft are part the 12 FA-50s ordered by the defense and military establishment from the Korea Aerospace Industries for P18.9 billion as part of the ongoing Armed Forces of the Philippines' (AFP) Modernization Program.

The first two aircraft were delivered November last year, while the delivery of the eight others is due to be completed in September next year in accordance with the contract.

PAF spokesman Col. Antonio Francisco said the newly-delivered aircraft, with tail numbers 003 and 004, were met somewhere over Pangasinan by the two FA-50s that were earlier delivered before landing one after the other at the Clark Air Base in Pampanga before noon Thursday.

"Prior to landing, they made two passes over Clark Field in diamond formation together with 001 and 002 FA-50PHs," said Francisco, referring to the first and second FA-50s that were delivered last year.

"After landing, they passed through [a] water cannon ceremony then the pilots disembarked from the aircraft," he added.

Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana, AFP chief Gen. Ricardo Visaya and PAF chief Lt. Gen. Edgar Fallorina welcomed aircraft upon touchdown at Clark Air Base.

The aircraft, flown by KAI pilots, left Korea last Tuesday and made a stop in Taiwan for re-fuelling. —KBK, GMA News

even we no economic issue time, development budget still low.
i think more like policy issue. how much willing invest in defense, also mainly no politician will.
also our pass gov financial policy/structure make as hard to get more budget for defense.