I think he meant better than nothing.

so its more of a frame life extension?

indon 30+ f-16 ok la... for peace time... wonder what's their readiness level is like

Why so less spending?

Sad both MY and ID spend so less on defense while SG spend most within ASEAN.

My feeling is defence is absolute necessity for any country. You cut back on your defence at your own risk. Feel that MY, ID, TH, PH should be spending a lot more on defense. That way, at least, India can be countered even if China is hard to counter. And 10 countries of ASEAN together can at least pose a credible challenge to China if the initial steps are taken.

Raising defense budget and efficiency of expenditure may be two of the most important initial steps.

World's fourth biggest population.

Got to make it use of it lah.

Need to have a sophisticated space program. Even Singkie Ozzie startups now planning to launch space launch vehicles by 2020-2021.

You dont get to decide when war is imposed on you lah. That's all I'm saying.

There is a price to pay for underpreparedness. For all countries.

Indonesia's military demands civilian positions for officers



JAKARTA • Indonesian bureaucrats may soon face tighter competition to reach the top rungs of the career ladder, with the government planning to allow active military officers to take up positions in ministries and government institutions.

The Indonesian military, known as the Tentara Nasional Indonesia (TNI), is formulating an amendment to the TNI law, that was enacted in 2004, to permit middle-and high-ranking officers to serve in the top two levels of ministries and state institutions.

TNI commander Hadi Tjahjanto said the revision was aimed at reorganising the military, which has been unable to provide positions to around 500 middle-and high-ranking officers. Under the existing law, military officers can occupy civilian positions only if they are retired, and they can be placed only in offices that handle political, state security and state defence matters.



After President Suharto stepped down in May 1998, the TNI had to adjust its role from being a tool of the regime to becoming a professional defence force.

Soldiers were stripped of their dual defence and civilian functions that had enabled them to be involved in politics and independent businesses. The TNI budget was controlled by the government and supervised by the House of Representatives. Furthermore, legislation including the TNI Law was aimed at reforming the military and curbing the desire of active officials to return to politics.

TNI members have to retire from service to be permitted to take part in businesses or government institutions, or to run in elections.

A 2017 study by the Centre for Strategic and International Studies estimated that since 1998, the TNI has produced a surplus of more than 100 military officers per year.

President Joko Widodo last week announced he had agreed to open promotions for senior military officers and raise the retirement age for lower ranks. The President said there would be some 60 positions for high-ranking officers of the army, navy and air force.



"One-to three-star military officers can serve in the 60 positions and colonels can fill (some) of the positions to be promoted to star ranks," Mr Joko said. "I have also ordered the law and human rights minister to, together with the TNI commander, revise the retirement age of enlisted personnel and non-commissioned officers from 53 to 58 years (in the 2004 TNI Law)."

Ms Bivitri Susanti, a constitutional law expert from the Jakarta-based Jentera School of Law, said the plan would lead to a revival of the dual defence and civilian functions, in a setback to military reform efforts. "We have to keep the military's role separate from the civilian sphere. They should not (have a role) as public officials," she said.

Mr Ahmad Riza Patria of the opposition Gerindra Party criticised the plan, saying: "The military should understand that civil servants have built their careers (in ministries and state institutions) for years. If military officers can fill positions civil servants should fill, that means civil servants will lose their chance to be appointed to the posts."

they have got territorial hqs, kodam korem kodim and plenty of formation offices.. some can say to be bloated... what more female staff that operates unlike many other country's female military personal

it is not good for the military to control politics but for indon's case i believe it would be for the better to keep the religious hardliners at bay...

i always have the perception that the top echelon of indon's military are controlled by the CIA, especially those that had trained in murica

Warship of the day: PLAN Type 055 Destroyer



The lead ship of the 13,000-ton Type 055 Destroyer class, the Nanchang currently undergoing sea trials. A total of 7 more vessels of the class is under construction with plans for up to 20 vessels in total up for production.

Armed with a powerful radar system and a large number of anti-aircraft & anti-ship missiles, the warships are poised to stand as one of the most powerful warships in service in Asia.

The Type 055 is heavier and larger than actual Ticonderoga-class cruisers.

Also, has anyone mentioned that the PLAN now has 50 (or even more) Type 056 Corvettes? I think around 2 years ago there were just around 16-18 or something like that. Crazy.


Link: PLAN's 50th Type 056 Corvette 'Wuzhou' Launched by Shipyard in Southern China

First cutting ceremony of the bulk head of the KF-X Fighter Jet. Credit to KAI.



https://m.facebook.com/KoreaAerospace

Tolong beri Malaysia tumpang

macam kopi O hybrid f-35, f-22, j-31 in looks dept

misils hanging outside defeats the purpose of stealth

still it is relying on US engine which means sanction prone plane
indonesia should have known better

its going to take them a good 10 years before it gets inducted, while future blks is on paper
i am aware, induction of blk 1 is still long way to go, by the time it gets inducted we could be seeing 6th gen planes out among US/Russia/China

hmm, with funds i think better replace nuri and get the fighters up n running first..
isnt theirs inferior?

209 is kinda old right?

Interesting points from a ex-submariner:

"One of the unfortunate reasons that SSKs have such a good reputation against SSNs is the nature of the excercises in which they are pitted against each other. In order to provide "training for all" a close encounter is forced - usually with the SSN screaming in at high speed from a distance - immediately giving the SSKs at an advantage.
Again, without going into too much detail, I have done both the afore mentioned excercise (blew), and a week-long one with a diesel in which we were just hunting in a big chunk of ocean. In the second, more realistic, excercise, we wiped the ocean floor with the diesel. And these guys were not sloutches.
Also, US SSNs have gotten a lot better at combined ops with surface and air assets. That will absolutely end an SSK right there."
http://bubbleheads.blogspot.com/2005/07/do...ize-matter.html

^ obviously. I wont comment on ASW assets not being on alert constantly; that is not professional.

My point was on SSK's reputation in maritime exercises and its utility in gauging its effectiveness.

While I respect your opinion on similar capability, I cannot agree with it in entirety. It is one thing to modernise an old sub design as what the South Koreans have done. It is quite another to get a brand new one. Similar capability does not equal better capability. 2 persons can run but one person do it better or run faster. It is unsuitable to compare modern subs such as the Scorpene, Type 218SG or even Australia's attack class to an older sub such as the Sg's Challenger class for example, or in this case the Chang Bo. In fact, it can be said that modern subs have newer capabilities..AIPs, for instance.

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