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    China’s BRI and its High-Speed Railways to Nowhere

    There are already budget allocations for those type of infra projects (Seaports, province roads, new (non-HSR) railways) from gov/public funds (APBN/APBD)... KCIC HSR line is not using public money, and neither will it be subsidized in its operations.. so the HSR project will not be taking...
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    China is planning for November launch of the Chang’e-5 lunar sample return mission

    I strongly hope China will provide extensive coverage of this exciting mission...! Rocket launches are always great to watch, videos of the lunar landing and surface operation will be so much more... But especially for this mission, I feel the most exciting part will be the launch back from...
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    RCEP: ASEAN-driven free trade agreement

    In brief points, what are the main differences between RCEP and (the now deceased) TPP...? Other than the usual "RCEP includes China and excludes US, TPP includes US and excludes China" of course.. If I remember correctly, we were not so enthusiastic in joining TPP back then, and sort of...
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    Kinda looks like the bridge of USS Enterprise.. Which is totally very cool..!😍
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    What does Biden Presidency mean for East Asia?

    Biden wins! Well... good thing that China has long prepared a city for him..! :yay:
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    Featured Australian Import Bans Show the Sharp Edge of China’s Economic Power

    Well.. that's totally understandable... If you go shopping in a store and the shopkeeper turns out to be impolite, rude, or even hostile to you, then of course you would rather leave and shop elsewhere... especially if there are still many other shops that will gladly welcome you (and your money!)
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    Not sure for the electronics system, but platform / airframe wise P-1 is better than P-8 for the MPA/ASW role : - P-1 airframe design is optimized for MPA/ASW role, while P-8 is adapted from commercial airliner (B737) - P-1 is optimized for both low level / low speed and high level / high speed...
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    By "complement" you mean we can only get the alternate fighter model only if we buy Vipers first...? Seems like that will just unnecessarily complicate things... Any reason why we can't buy F-18s or F-15s directly...?
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    Indonesia Defence Forum

    I know.. hence my question..
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    F-15 or F-18..? Also "offered another type of current fighter to Indonesia. Not the latest advance one but still in service." Does it mean used (second hand) fighters that are currently still in US service? Or new built fighters but based on existing in-service models (so no F-15EX or Silent...
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    76mm Mountain Gun https://images.app.goo.gl/EKTxFFMaWW31j2Sy5
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    Just say NO ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ https://asiatimes.com/2020/10/indonesia-can-lead-the-way-just-say-no-to-us-china/ Indonesia can lead the way: ‘just say no’ to US, China While other ASEAN states have allowed themselves to get dragged...
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    NASA to make major announcement of "exciting news" about the moon

    NASA discovery.... ...That's... no Moon... :o:
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    China launches a new optical remote-sensing satellite on October 12, 2020

    From pics floating around on the net, the Gaofen-13 satellite kind looks like a smaller version of the KH-11 spysat... Environmental protection and weather forecasting is probably not the only main task for this satellite... 😜
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    Rumors are that Mark Esper plans to resign after the November election regardless of whether Trump gets re-elected or not... So he probably wants to get this done now before there's a change of heart in the next administration, especially if the Dems get to win this November... It's good that...
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    If that's the true reason then it's even more ridiculous, it's like saying you are not allowed to drive your new car to work because you haven't paid off the car loan yet... Confirm with what proof ? Your own assumptions ? Perhaps, but I have never seen or heard such restrictions from the...
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    Anyone can easily take and upload such pics / video to social media, and it will be blown up out of proportion by NGOs, foreign missionaries, SJWs, OPM, KKB, etc... So yeah technically we can deploy it there, but we won't... When the Brits protested the use of Scorpion / Stormer during the Aceh...
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    Well... Shows why arms diversity is still a necessity for us... almost no doubt that more of these kind of restrictions are in place for our western sourced arms... a pity that we are now forbidden to source from the 'east'...
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    China successfully launches first Mars mission

    Is this pic taken in deep space..?? 😲😲 If yes, I think it's the first time a space probe has it's pic taken from a distance in such deep space..
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    Featured Duck And Cover: U.S. Needs More Southeast Asia Military Bases To Counter China

    Well... Good thing our laws forbids such foreign military basings in our soil...
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