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PAL Completes the Last Block Loading of the Indonesian Navy Hospital Ship 18 Desember 2020 Mast installation in progress (photo : PAL) PTPAL Indonesia's Hospital Ship (BRS) Construction Progress has reached 82% Progres Pembangunan Kapal Bantu Rumah Sakit (BRS) PTPAL Indonesia telah mencapai...

For a so called "hangar queen" this squadron sure seems to fly rather frequently... :laugh: ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A preview of things to come...? 😧...

Time for Rafale to shine..? https://www.flightglobal.com/defence/will-scars-from-us-sanctions-drive-indonesia-to-buy-rafale/141608.article

Oh man! can't wait for this... I wonder if we will see Swedish subsystems (CMS, weapons) in it..? If not, any guess from where...? Not Chinese I hope...

The land of the native Palestinians of course, who else..? First of all, it's not "British Mandatory" it's "British Mandate"... Do you even understand what it means..? It means that after WW1 the British has the responsibility to administer the territory as mandated by the League of Nations...

Not directly related to us but... for reference regarding CAATSA a brief review of the document : - ...for knowingly engaging in a significant transaction... : What counts as a significant transaction? is it contract value? if so what's the limit? USD 10 mil / 100 mil /1 B? or is it the...

Well.. in that case where's the Palestinian state then...? hmm..? Regardless, you can't just come to someone else's land and suddenly claim 30%, 50%, or 90% of them, and force the inhabitants to accept it. Of course it matters! Supported by whose people exactly...? If it's supported only by...

Not so different to what the Australian and the US are doing to Chinese journalists in their respective countries... Regardless, the use of "National Security" excuse has been abused so much (both by China and the US and allies) to the point that this is merely an excuse to shut and restrict...

Jews, Christians, Muslims has been around the area for thousands of years, that is fact... However it is also fact that in the mid 20th century the native Muslim population is the majority there... actually Muslims has been the majority in the area since about the 12th century, and before them...

Welcome kamerads... 😁 Enjoy our hospitality... Russian ships sure looks "muscular" compared to western ships..

All clear.. nothing to see here... 😁 https://www.cnnindonesia.com/internasional/20201213145329-120-581542/israel-ingin-buka-hubungan-dengan-ri-kemlu-membantah

True... religion was never the issue for our non-recognition of Israel... although a lot sees (or assumes) it from the religion angle only... But we have been supporting the Palestinian cause for so long now that this issue has also become an emotional issue for a lot of our people... and so I...

Cordial yes but in a non-committal, non-formal, backstreet, love-hate type relationship... IIRC our diplomatic and service passports are stamped with the warning "Not for use in Israel and Taiwan". However regular passports can be used as long as the bearer got clearance visa to travel there...

https://en.antaranews.com/news/163640/inka-exports-first-locomotives-to-philippines INKA exports first locomotives to Philippines 12th December 2020 A PT INKA-made locomotive being loaded on a ship at the Tanjuk Perak port in Surabaya, East Java, on Saturday for export to the Philippines...

Take this with a grain of salt... actually... take it with a bulk carrier load of salt... Personal opinion... close to impossible... not without implementing the 2-State solution with East Jerusalem as the Palestinian capital... Otherwise it's just suicide for the government...

The gov will be shooting themselves in the foot if this is true... Crazy! o_O Our formal stance was that we will acknowledge and normalize relations with Israel, provided that the 2-State solution be implemented with Jerusalem (or at least the eastern part) as the Palestinian capital. Seems...

Soon all that stuff can be kosher.. directly from the source... :o: 😁 Provided the below is true... :woot: What's in it for us though...??

I think we should tamper down our expectations for F-15s a bit... No sooner than the news broke out regarding the possibility of us getting F-15s and already there are 2 articles rebutting the it... Granted, the rebuttals doesn't directly come from our MoD, but it's not unusual for them to...

Exciting news! I can see how Elon and Tesla are interested to invest in EV batteries production and supply chain here, but SpaceX...? now that's something new! Due to strict ITAR regulation, I don't really see how SpaceX can do space launches on any other country other than the US... but perhaps...

Lol! too focused on the big, shiny arms and almost forgetting the small arms... I wonder where did we procure it this time...? The Philippines...? :laugh: Also is this going to be the std (day-to-day) weapon for Korpaskhas, or is it for special missions only..? That may be true, but the...