Indonesia Must Build Self warships

Surabaya - Indonesia's time to build ships independently warships and civilian vessels. As stated by the Director of Human Resources (HR) and the General, PT PAL Indonesia, Soewoko mammal, to the group of journalists from the Ministry of Defense in Jakarta, Wednesday (2 / 11).
According Soewoko, up to date as much as 70 percent of the components of ships that made PT PAL Indonesia imported. "It's really unfortunate maritime country but it seems the company ships its not supported," he said.
Soewoko expects to ship in front of all the needs of both domestic commercial vessels and warships (civilian) made in PT PAL Indonesia. "I strongly support the presence of the Strategic Defence Industry Policy Committee (KKISP) formed the government," said Soewoko.
KKISP essentially all defense equipment should be used in domestic production.
According Soewoko, the problems experienced today is the lack of sustainability ship orders from the government, including other customers.
To that end, he proposed that the government and Parliament to make laws for the continuation of war orders ship or equipment for national defense. "We need the old order, with this defense industries such as PT PAL Indonesia could live economically," he said.
Another problem, he said, is the current number of human resources (HR) PT PAL Indonesia are limited and are aged 47 years and over. In 1980 the number of employees of PT PAL Indonesia as many as 6,000 people. Now it was just 1,600 people and 80 people including experts. "The absence of regeneration of human resources due to lack of funds. However, we now begin to recruit a new HR anymore," he said.
According Soewoko, the price of a ship that made PT PAL Indonesia at least U.S. $ 220 million per unit.
He said the Philippines has ordered a warship types Landing Platform Dock (LPD) to PT PAL Indonesia. "But the construction of this ship later, 70 percent of its components are still imported," he said. LPD type ships used to transport the war equipment such as weapons, ammunition and tanks and APCs.


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Sukhoi Fighter Aircraft Fly Tonight

MAKASAR (Pos Kota) - Squadron 11th Air Wing 5 Sultan Hasanuddin air base during the three last until October 20, 2011, carrying out exercises Night Flight (flying tonight) in the airspace surrounding the Sultan Hasanuddin air base.

In the night flying training activities, the Air Squadron 11 which is the home base fighter aircraft Sukhoi SU-MK2 and SU-27 SKM, involves the Sukhoi fighter pilots including 11 Air Squadron Commander Lt. Col. Untung Suropati Pilot, Pilot Lt. Col. Dedy Ilham, Major Pilot Ali David Hamzah, Baskoro Pilot Captain, First Lieutenant Setyo Budi Pulungan Pilot Pilot and First Lt. Andrew.

Night flight training activities carried out in scheduled in addition to involving the technicians and crew of the Air Squadron 11, also elements of other supporting personnel from the Office of Operations, Office of Logistics and Personnel Office, Health which is the application of the work program Hasanuddin Sultan air base in an effort to improve the skills , and the ability and professionalism of the pilots.

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Indonesia 'interested in buying British fighter'

British newspaper The Times reported informally Indonesia lobbied the UK about the possibility of buying up to 24 units of multi-jet combat aircraft Eurofighter Typhoon.

Sales of that, if implemented, would be worth around £ 5 billion or almost Rp71 trillion.
Separately, the British military equipment firm BAE Systems offers to rejuvenate the Hawk jet aircraft already owned by Indonesia.Head of Public Relations Bureau of the Ministry of Defence Brigadier General I Wayan Midhio, confirming that indeed there is talk about rejuvenation of the Hawk aircraft, but denied any plans to buy a multi-combat aircraft Eurofighter Typhoon."Air Force is discussing about Eurocopter, the helicopter Europe. But it was evaluated to be discussed at the Air Force, has not been discussed in the ministry (of defense)," said Wayan Midhio.Various types ofCurrently Indonesia has various types of fighter aircraft, including British-made Hawk aircraft, the F-16 aircraft made by American and Russian-made Sukhoi.CSIS investigators said Rear Admiral Evan defense affairs, diversity is an effort to diversify the government's defense equipment, because Indonesia has embargoed several times the purchase of equipment from Western countries like America and Britain.The British Government under the Labor Party in 1999 banned the sale of defense equipment on the planes allegedly made by British bombers used to bomb civilians in East Timor, Papua and Aceh.In the same year the U.S. Congress to implement the prohibition of arms sales to Indonesia for similar reasons, the newly revoked in 2005.But Admiral Evan saw, attempt diversified arms purchases that are not accompanied by long-term plan will be problems later on."In terms of the system, in terms of maintenance, in terms of costs to be incurred to train the same people. In such emergency situations, not necessarily people who are already trained to fly the Sukhoi can fly the Typhoon. So the cost will be more," said Evan.

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