Indonesia Defence Forum

[Nike]

First, i know we cannot compete against them toe to toe militarily, economically, and so on. Simply we doesn't have such luxury nor capability to do that. And i am not a simple minded persons trying to say China is our enemy, but we must admit they are our prospect threat and in some way they has been.


Double mask diplomacy way

back door policy to contain China threat is what i am preferred against them, using so many viable options to contain their activity in South China sea and surrounding region but without them noticing so much our activity, including close cooperation with their arch enemy such Vietnam, India and Japan. Trying to sucks them and calling close cooperation with them is not desirable in long term relationship with them economically or militarily. In which economically they are sure our competitor and our true enemies (beside Vietnam and Thailand ) in which Indonesia and China has the same range product to offer to the world (cheap electronic equipment's,cheap textiles products , cheap manufacturing products, cheap car and so on), you should know Indonesia suffer massive deficit trade against them, i am recall we had accumulate more than 150 billion US dollar in the last 5 years. Militarily, China must yet to complete their pearl of string and it was thousands islet lying around South China Sea, including some near Natuna islands, and i can tell you Indonesia never wanna to have a big power such as China becoming their immediate neighbor suddenly. And in the same time amassing our forces and military infrastructure largely in Natuna, Kalimantan, Sumatra area somehow will have limited work against them and surely will working in full conditions against our immediate neighbor such as Malaysia.

 

[Nike]

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[Reashot Xigwin]

Indonesia should change its views on the sea: Experts

Novan Iman Santosa, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Headlines | Thu, June 12 2014, 9:03 AM

On the same page: Defense Minister Purnomo Yusgiantoro (left) and Indonesian Navy chief Adm. Marsetio (right) leave the Navy Staff and Command School (Seskoal) after launching two books — Indonesian Sea Power and The Indonesian Navy’s New Paradigm: World Class Navy — in Cipulir, Jakarta, on Wednesday. Both books are penned by Marsetio. (Antara/Retno Esnir)

Military and political experts on Wednesday called on the next government to shift its maritime paradigm to enable Indonesia to become a new sea power.

The call was made at a discussion session to mark the launch of two books written by Indonesian Navy chief Adm. Marsetio — entitled Sea Power Indonesia (Indonesian Sea Power) and Paradigma Baru TNI AL Kelas Dunia (The Indonesian Navy’s New Paradigm: World Class Navy) — at the Navy Staff and Command School (Seskoal) in Cipulir, South Jakarta.

In the first book, Marsetio tries to revive an awareness of the Indonesian maritime vision of seeking glory in being a great seafaring nation, while the second book outlines supporting instruments to attain the Navy’s goal of being a reliable and respected world class navy.

During the discussion, military observer Salim Said cited several points in history that had weakened the country’s sea power, and added that many considered the sea as a divider rather than a connector of islands.

He said that Sultan Agung, the founder of the Mataram kingdom, which spawned into the kingdoms of Yogyakarta and Surakarta as well as the principalities of Mangkunegara and Pakualam, retreated inland after defeating coastal Javanese kingdoms.

Another moment was when the Dutch East Indies Company (VOC) defeated local sea powers and limited the size of local ships.

“Bugis sailors lost their sailing skills as their ships were much smaller,” he said.

International law expert Hikmahanto Juwana said that sea power should not be reduced to a mere military force, or even sea force, as it also included other components of society, especially trade power.

“But with the current conditions at seaports in Jakarta and Surabaya, how can we control sea trade?” he asked.

He said that Indonesia had all the elements necessary to becoming a great sea power as prescribed by US geostrategist Alfred Thayer Mahan: geographic position, physical conformation, extent of territory, number of population, character of the people and character of the government.

International relations expert Dewi Fortuna Anwar said the publication of the two books was timely as maritime security had become an important geostrategic issue, as seen in discussions at various forums such as the Jakarta International Defense Dialogue and Singapore’s Shangri-La Dialogue.

“We have recognized we are an archipelagic state but have not yet become a maritime power,” Dewi stressed, adding that according to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), Indonesia has a responsibility to maintain the security and safety of its waters, which are used for international shipping lines.

“Should we be unable to do so, other countries may force their will, to safeguard their own interests,” she said, pointing to moves from a number of countries to arm their merchant marine fleets or even escort their vessels into Indonesian waters due to piracy concerns.

Defense Minister Purnomo Yusgiantoro, who officially launched the books, agreed that the publications were timely, as his ministry was preparing various defense documents, including the Strategic Defense Review (SDR) and the weapon system master list for the second strategic plan (Renstra) 2015-2019.

“The Navy should include points from both books in the documents so that the next government can use them to continue developing the defense sector,” he said in his remarks at the book launch.

Indonesia should change its views on the sea: Experts | The Jakarta Post

 

[Nike]

Almost 300,000 Police Officers Said to Be Assigned to Secure Presidential Election

By Jakarta Globe on 07:49 pm Jun 11, 2014
Category News, Politics
Tags: 2014 Indonesia Presidential Election, Indonesia National Police

Almost 300,000 National Police officers will be on duty for the July 9, 2014 presidential election. (EPA Photo/Mast Irham)

Jakarta. National Police will assign almost 300,000 officers to ensure the security of the country in the July 9 presidential election, and they will be supported by the military and civilian patrolmen, according to Antara.

“The National Police troops would be assisted by the soldiers and People Protection [Linmas] officers,” Gen. Sutarman, National Police chief, was quoted as saying by state-run Antara news agency on Wednesday.

Sutarman said that the National Police would assign around 294,000 officers, while the Indonesian military would assign 23,000 soldiers.

The National Police would also work with the Election Supervisory Board (Bawaslu) and General Election Commission (KPU) to make sure that the election operates without incident.

He advised people to also participate in maintaining security conditions in their regions, and to remain calm when expressing their political views.

“Don’t let any pressure, especially money politics when voting,” Sutarman said, adding that National Police would remain neutral.

Almost 300,000 Police Officers Said to Be Assigned to Secure Presidential Election | The Jakarta Globe

 

[Jakartans@PkDef]

Indonesia Cancels NZ Police Training Program in Papua Over ‘Hidden Motives’

By Harry Pearl & Farouk Arnaz on 04:10 pm Jun 11, 2014

Jakarta. Indonesia has axed a multimillion dollar police training program in West Papua because police intelligence reports suggested there were “hidden motives” behind the New Zealand-funded program.

New Zealand’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) confirmed late last month that the $5.4 million project, which was scheduled to start early this year, had been put off, but refused to answer specific questions about the issue.

On Tuesday, however, the deputy chief of the Indonesia National Police, Comr. Gen. Badrodin Haiti, cited concerns about the program’s motives as the reason for its cancellation.

“We refused it based on the input from head of [the] Police’s Security Intelligent agency, Comr. Gen. Suparni Parto, that there could be a hidden motive behind the aid,” he said.

The three-year program, funded by the New Zealand Aid program and run by the New Zealand Police, followed a pilot project in Papua and West Papua in 2009-10.

It would have seen two full-time New Zealand police staff deployed to the Indonesian National Police office in Jayapura for three years, as well as short-term specialists, and aimed to provide training for up to 1,000 Indonesian police officers.

In October last year, New Zealand foreign affairs minister Murray McCully said the training program would help support the Indonesian National Police to improve community policing skills in the Papua, West Papua and Maluku.

But the supposedly political nature of the aid was said to have caused concern among the Indonesia National Police, who have faced persistent criticism for their human rights record in the country’s easternmost regions.

Badrodin said that New Zealand had insisted on training police in the restive provinces, and had rebuffed offers to train members of Indonesia’s police force elsewhere.

“They refused when we offered to change the training location to our training center in Makassar or in Java island. So what is going on?” he said.

When approached by the Jakarta Globe for comment, New Zealand’s foreign affairs ministry declined to say anything beyond a limited three paragraph statement.

The statement said that the future of the program, or whether funding would be reallocated, would depend on “priorities for development assistance” agreed upon by New Zealand and the incoming Indonesian Government.

The New Zealand Police would continue to work with their Indonesian counterparts in other areas, the statement said, including the provision of trainers to the Jakarta Center for Law Enforcement Cooperation.

News of the training’s cancellation has been met with relief in some quarters.

One member of New Zealand’s Parliament has said the country should never have been providing aid that perpetuated “an oppressive status quo.”

“We need to have a positive relationship with Indonesia and engage with them respectfully on the West Papua issue, challenging them to negotiate for peace,” Green Party MP Catherine Delahunty said.

She said the community policing model — which emphasized community engagement — was successful in countries where the government had a “robust and genuine commitment to human rights” and communities that could trust police.

“The opposite situation exists in West Papua where the rhetoric of human rights is undermined daily,” Delahunty said.

Andreas Harsono, a researcher for Human Rights Watch in Indonesia, said the training program had “sent the wrong message,” because widespread impunity among security forces in the provinces persisted.

He cited two examples of alleged police abuses in Papua: the possible use of unnecessary lethal force by police against rock-throwing protesters in Papua in September 2013, and the crackdown of the Papuan People’s Congress in October 2011, where at least three people were killed and dozens injured.

“We repeatedly asked the Indonesian government to investigate abusive police officers in Papua but there’s no positive response from Jakarta,” Andreas said.

Indonesia Cancels New Zealand Police Training Program in Papua - The Jakarta Globe

 

[Nike]

Your news @Jakartans@PkDef

remind me about some Kiwis bastards in MP.net his net name is Nganyitumeautela, always abusing his power as moderator to bully and banned Indonesian member there...

 

[Aepsilons]

First, i know we cannot compete against them toe to toe militarily, economically, and so on. Simply we doesn't have such luxury nor capability to do that. And i am not a simple minded persons trying to say China is our enemy, but we must admit they are our prospect threat and in some way they has been.


Double mask diplomacy way

back door policy to contain China threat is what i am preferred against them, using so many viable options to contain their activity in South China sea and surrounding region but without them noticing so much our activity, including close cooperation with their arch enemy such Vietnam, India and Japan. Trying to sucks them and calling close cooperation with them is not desirable in long term relationship with them economically or militarily. In which economically they are sure our competitor and our true enemies (beside Vietnam and Thailand ) in which Indonesia and China has the same range product to offer to the world (cheap electronic equipment's,cheap textiles products , cheap manufacturing products, cheap car and so on), you should know Indonesia suffer massive deficit trade against them, i am recall we had accumulate more than 150 billion US dollar in the last 5 years. Militarily, China must yet to complete their pearl of string and it was thousands islet lying around South China Sea, including some near Natuna islands, and i can tell you Indonesia never wanna to have a big power such as China becoming their immediate neighbor suddenly. And in the same time amassing our forces and military infrastructure largely in Natuna, Kalimantan, Sumatra area somehow will have limited work against them and surely will working in full conditions against our immediate neighbor such as Malaysia.

Ms. @madokafc ,

You're not only beautiful, but also very intelligent. My humble observation.

 

[Indos]

Ms. @madokafc ,

You're not only beautiful, but also very intelligent. My humble observation.

I am agree on this

I hope you can bring one of your female Japanese friends to be PDF member as well ...It can make this forum less stressful

 

[Nike]

hmmm just a little chit-chat

i am kind of Rei Ayanami from Evangelion fans and Eureka from Eureka Seven, both have their strength and unique characters as a woman.


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TNI-AU to deploy fighter aircraft near disputed waters with Malaysia
Ridzwan Rahmat, Singapore - IHS Jane's Navy International
11 June 2014

A Todak-class guided missile attack craft similar to the one being deployed near Tanjung Datu while waiting for the naval and air force facilities to be completed. Source: TNI-AL

The Indonesian Air Force (Tentera Nasional Indonesia - Angkatan Udara: TNI-AU) will upgrade a runway near the disputed maritime region of Tanjung Datu to accommodate fighter aircraft, the TNI-AU's assistant chief of staff, Air Vice Marshal (AVM) Sudipo Handoyo, said on 9 June.

"The instructions given directly by Indonesian Armed Forces commander General Moeldoko are to upgrade the runway at Paloh and establish a permanent TNI-AU presence in the area," he said.

According to AVM Handoyo, the existing runway at Paloh has a length of 750 m was built by the Netherlands in 1978 to support its economic interests in West Kaliman. This runway will be hardened and lengthened to 2,500 m. One hundred hectares of land surrounding the runway will also be cleared to build logistics and accommodation facilities for soldiers.

"We will also station about 500 troops from the army and navy in the area. This reinforcement is being done in anticipation of further provocations from Malaysia," said AVM Handoyo. "We will continue to monitor the situation and decide if we will need to deploy more troops into the area".

AVM Handoyo, however, gave no details on the number or types of aircraft that will deployed at the new airbase.

The proposed runway upgrades follows a statement by General Moeldoko on 26 May confirming that the Indonesian Navy (Tentera Nasional Indonesia - Angkatan Laut: TNI-AL) is establishing a new naval base at Tanjung Datu.

Tensions between Indonesia and Malaysia escalated recently after the latter attempted to construct a lighthouse in disputed waters off the Kalimantan coast on 19 May. Indonesia has also accused Malaysian helicopters of intruding its airspace above Tanjung Datu and dispatching a naval ship into its maritime territory.

Malaysia halted work on the lighthouse on 22 May after protests by the Indonesian federal government.

While the naval and air force facilities are being established, the TNI-AL has indicated that it will deploy three vessels, the Kakap-class offshore patrol vessel KRI Barakuda , Todak-class guided missile attack craft KRI Lemadang , and Kapitan Pattimura (Parchim I)-class corvette Sutedi Senoputra to patrol the waters near Tanjung Datu as an interim measure.

TNI-AU to deploy fighter aircraft near disputed waters with Malaysia - IHS Jane's 360

 

[Indos]

hmmm just a little chit-chat

i am kind of Rei Ayanami from Evangelion fans and Eureka from Eureka Seven, both have their strength and unique characters as a woman.

Good combination my friend........

 

[Jakartans@PkDef]

I guess this is the reason why President SBY didnt come to Asembagus, East Java to watch the Military Joint Exercise 2014.

SBY slams TNI role in election
Margareth Aritonang, The Jakarta Post | Headlines | Tue, June 03 2014, 9:07 AM
President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono lashed out on Monday at several active generals both in the Indonesian Military (TNI) and the National Police whom he has accused of failing to maintain their neutrality ahead of the July 9 presidential election.

“This is hardly slander, as my sources have confirmed that certain quarters have approached several high-ranking officers in order to get their support for presidential candidates,” he said during a meeting that Yudhoyono convened specifically to discuss the neutrality of the TNI and police in the election, which was held at the Defense Ministry headquarters on Monday morning.

Present at the meeting were TNI Commander Gen. Moeldoko, Army chief of staff Gen. Budiman, Air Force chief of staff Air Chief Marshal Ida Bagus Putu Dunia and Navy chief Adm. Marsetio.

In his speech, the President also accused the TNI officers of being disloyal to him as the military’s supreme commander.

“There has been a suggestion that they [the officers] ought to abandon their President and not to listen to him, because he is in ‘a sinking ship’ [...] It is much better to follow a bright new star,” Yudhoyono said while scanning the faces of his audience.

Yudhoyono then went on to remind all military officers to uphold the military code, Sapta Marga, as well as the soldier’s oath, both of which provided ethical and moral guidance.

Yudhoyono said that he convened the meeting to right the wrong that had taken place in the military. “I initiated this meeting myself and wanted it to be openly broadcast to the public […] because we are in election season, when politics leads to bouts of suspicion and intrigue,” he said.

Speculation was rife that Yudhoyono’s ire was directed at Moeldoko, who had been tapped as a running mate for the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle’s (PDI-P) presidential candidate Joko “Jokowi” Widodo.

In April, Moeldoko met with Jokowi amid speculation that he could be the right figure for the Jokowi ticket. At the time, several PDI-P executives hinted at the possibility of Moeldoko being nominated as Jokowi’s running mate.

Moeldoko himself was vague when asked about his response to the proposal.

“If I were to refuse the offer then everybody would call me arrogant but if I said yes, well, the fact is that I am still carrying out my duties as military commander. Therefore, I will focus my energy on the latter right now,” Moeldoko told The Jakarta Post in March.

Last week, the Constitutional Court upheld a ban on active members of the military and police from voting in elections, after receiving appeals for the 2008 Presidential Election Law to be reviewed.

Following Yudhoyono’s speech, Budiman gave an assurance that his institution would remain neutral in the presidential election, citing the Army’s neutral stance in the April 9 legislative election as proof of this.

“We will stay neutral, right down to the lowest level of command at the village level,” Budiman said.

Budiman also denied a high-ranking officer in the Army was leaning toward one of the presidential candidates.

“We will not discredit our own institution by being biased,” he said.

Commenting on the President’s speech before the TNI leadership, political analyst Indria Samego of the Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI) said that Yudhoyono’s complaints were justified given his access to confidential information on the military.

“He [Yudhoyono] must have collected and verified the information before going public,” Indria said.

Indria also blamed civilian politicians for their efforts to drag military figures back into politics.

“We still treat the TNI the way we used to when it was still actively involved in politics. Times have changed but many still attempt to involve former soldiers in politics. For me, this reflects a lack of confidence by civilians, who regard former members of the military as having considerable authority due to their past experience in politics, as well as their business networks,” he said. (tjs/gda)

SBY slams TNI role in election | The Jakarta Post

 

[athlon]

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TNI-AU to deploy fighter aircraft near disputed waters with Malaysia
Ridzwan Rahmat, Singapore - IHS Jane's Navy International
11 June 2014

Well, the guardian dog has been released. Hasn't it?

 

[Jakartans@PkDef]

Photos of Indonesian Navy Eastern Fleet Command HQ at Surabaya.

Indonesian Navy motto written in sanskrit : Jalasveva Jayamahe (Victorious on the Sea)
Jalasveva Jayamahe monument is the icon of Indonesian Eastern Fleet Headquarter in Surabaya.
This 30,6 meters high statue standing above 30 meters building depicts an Indonesian naval officer complete with is sword of honor.
The statue stands proudly overlooking the sea, seemed ready to challenge the waves and storms in the ocean, showing that the Indonesian navy is ready to prevail.
This monument named after the motto of Indonesian navy Jalesveva Jayamahe meaning Victorious on The Sea.

 

[Indos]

RI to start defense contract buyback policy
Novan Iman Santosa, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | National | Wed, April 02 2014, 11:15 PM



Starting on April 5 all new defense contracts with foreign suppliers will carry a mandatory 85 percent buyback plan in the form of countertrade, local content and transfer-of-technology requirements.

“The requirement is stipulated in Law No. 16/2012 on the defense industry,” Silmy Karim, the Defense Industry Policy Committee (KKIP) special staff for cooperation and institutional relations, said Wednesday.

Silmy was speaking at a press conference after a KKIP workshop on the drafting of a master plan to fulfill security and defense equipment, which promoted the use of locally-made equipment.

“We already have a transfer-of-technology policy in the second strategic plan [Renstra] to fulfill our defense needs,” he went on.

The second Renstra is slated for 2015-2019, it is also known as the second stage of the Minimum Essential Force (MEF). The first is 2010-2014.

The KKIP head of planning division, Said Didu, said that 50 percent of the 85 percent requirement would be fulfilled through counter-trade, which should spur the national economy.

“The counter-trade should focus on Indonesian commodities and not on providing services, such as training, to Indonesia,” he said.

“The remaining 35 percent will be achieved through local content and transfer-of-technology mechanisms, aimed at developing the defense industry and manufacturing.”

Didy, however, said that KKIP would assess what weapons systems would be built locally.

“We do not have a plan, for example, to locally produce Sukhoi jet fighters, unlike India,” he said.

“But we may produce Sukhoi parts or request jet fighter transfer-of-technology, which we can use to design our own.”

He said it was a different case with submarine procurement as Indonesia had a plan to make submarines locally.

The workshop was attended by planning assistants to the chiefs of the Indonesian Military (TNI), representatives from the three branches of the military and the National Police as well as state-owned and private defense industries.

“The users presented what they needed and we will match them with the capabilities of the domestic defense industry, both state owned and private,” Silmy said.

“Such pairing is important because defense procurement takes time due to human resource management, facilities, infrastructure and production capacity.”

The head of the KKIP implementation team, Adm. (ret) Sumardjono, said that the workshop preceded the drafting of a master plan for the fulfillment of defense and security equipment and it’s financing.

“There are also master plans on the needs of users and the defense industry,” he told the conference.

“The users will determine what equipment they need according to their operational requirements and technical specifications.”

Sumardjono said in general not all requirements could be met by local defense industries and that it was the KKIP’s duties to find out a way on how to reach the desired capabilities.

He added that the master plans would be drafted as inputs for State Budget deliberations.

 

[Nike]

KRI Bung Tomo after sea trial, cannot wait her after all she is an valuable additional into our Navy

credit to Uwa212 @kaskus.co.id