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If I remember correctly, Dislikes do as much good as Likes. It's the viewcount that counts (pun not intended).

That is Facebook (they are the exception). In Facebook if you ever put someone / page in your blocklist, the Facebook algorithm will assume you really love that particular content / person and began to pushing similar person / content into your newsfeed.
Google and all it's service and also other social-media (Reddit, Quora, etc) use different system, where dislike / downvote mean you disapprove / dislike / hate the content, and that content will be brought down in rank thus their visibility.

It's gut wrenching to see our people got easily blinded by 'Progressivism' disease. I blame Tumblrinas...

Udah mah orang kita gampang latah, gampang ngikutin yang asal ngetren, trus tren sekarang HAM dan esjewe...ya udah, tepok jidat.

In many place where the white & black people held the top spot in the social hierarchy, whenever I've respond to something that has the phrase "SJW libtard" the mod were always delete / brought down my comment.

Here are some phrase or statement I've made elsewhere were the mod deleted / brought down my comment ;

  • Disagreeing with western medias report or their supporter
  • Disagreeing with western academia
  • Disagreeing with SJW narrative
  • Disagreeing with Greenpeace, PETA, and those who dare calling themselves environmentalist narrative
  • Refugee = UN backed invader
  • Stating that AK-47 platform is far better than AR-15 platform (not deleted, however I receive "significant resistance" and being ridiculed)
  • Saying that Glock = Perfection thus it should be worship (not deleted, however I receive "significant resistance" and being ridiculed)
 
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Industry
Indonesia, Belarus to strengthen defence trade ties
Jon Grevatt, Bangkok - Jane's Defence Weekly
29 January 2019
The Indonesian Ministry of Defence (MoD) has said it is preparing a defence co-operation agreement with Belarus that will facilitate joint research, development, and manufacturing activities.

The accord was approved by a defence committee under the Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR) on 28 January and will now be sent to a DPR plenary session for final approval.

The MoD said the accord, which will also provide a framework for defence trade between the countries, has already been agreed in principle but requires government ratification to become law.

The MoD added that the proposed agreement will widen the scope of existing collaboration that is supported by a defence industry accord signed by Indonesia and Belarus in March 2013.

https://www.janes.com/article/86040/indonesia-belarus-to-strengthen-defence-trade-ties
 
https://www.shephardmedia.com/news/imps-news/adecs-2019-southeast-asia-has-dearth-maritime-patr/

ADECS 2019: Southeast Asia has a dearth of maritime patrol aircraft
29th January 2019 - 11:45 GMT | byGordon Arthur in Singapore

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There is a degree of polarity when it comes to naval assets in Southeast Asia, with some countries having a disproportionately large number of surface assets to patrol a relatively small area – Singapore is a case in point – while other countries such as Indonesia and the Philippines have far too few assets to monitor huge maritime areas.

One solution for this ‘persistent resource capability shortfall’, according to Collin Koh, a research fellow of the Maritime Security Programme at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies in Singapore, and who presented at the ADECS 2019 conference, is utilisation of maritime patrol aircraft (MPA).

Some countries try to fill the void of maritime domain awareness with elements such as remote-sensing satellites or unmanned assets. The problem with the former, however, can be a lack of real-time data and the inability to grasp the full picture if the resolution of your satellite is insufficient.

By fusing data, such as from a satellite, with a manned aircraft, then a more complete and versatile picture can be achieved.

Koh divided MPAs into three categories: short-, medium- and long-range aircraft. The TC-90 operated by the Philippine Navy is an example of the former, although such aircraft often do not have any additional sensors other than a crewman possessing a pair of binoculars.

The medium-range is typically filled by converted transport aircraft such as the C295, and this is the most common type of asset in the Southeast Asian region. Another solution is to bolt on specialist surveillance packages to aircraft, with the Philippines doing this with the SABIR kit added to a C-130T Hercules.

However, East Asia and Australasia are more likely to field long-range MPAs such as the P-8A Poseidon. Such platforms are at the ‘luxury end of the market’, and they usually have the ability to carry weapons, allowing them to prosecute targets at sea.

Koh provided figures that indicated a slight trend towards Asian militaries with interests in the South China Sea moving from shorter-range MPAs to medium- or long-range platforms. For example, Indonesia went from five to nine medium/long-range aircraft between 2009 and 2018, while Taiwan moved from zero to 12, China from eight to ten, and the Philippines from one to two in the same period.

This raised another point for Koh, that most countries in Southeast Asia cannot track the growing challenge of submarines in the South China Sea or other waters. To do so, you need a robust aerial surveillance capability, and many navies or air forces just cannot do this.

Indeed, only Taiwan and China have a full anti-submarine warfare capacity on their maritime patrol aircraft. Other vested nations in the South China Sea are still confined to basic maritime surveillance with their platforms.

China offers a good example of how it transitioned from MPAs like the unarmed Y-8X to the dedicated Y-8Q that has a full set of weapons carried inside an internal weapons bay.

However, Koh insists that Southeast Asia remains firmly stuck in the 1980-90s mindset. Even in the recently inaugurated Trilateral Maritime Patrols between Indonesia, Malaysia and Indonesia, all sides are simply using non-specialised aircraft without special sensors.

Such a platform being used at night-time or in poor weather means that surveillance is almost hopeless, as criminals tend not to conduct their activities in broad daylight.

Political commitment to the issue of maritime patrol is another issue. Malaysia is a case in point, with the government humming and hawing over the need for new MPAs. This programme is yet to proceed.

MPAs require financial commitment, as well as long-term investment to ensure the skills of crews and the capabilities of platforms.
 
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INDONESIA
PERESMIAN PABRIK EMULSIFIER DAN FUZE BOMB
5 FEBRUARI 2019 DIANEKO_LC 1 KOMENTAR
Dirjen Pothan Kemhan Prof. Dr. Ir. Bondan Tiara Sofyan, M.Si Mendampingi Sekjen Kemhan RI Marsdya TNI Hadiyan Sumintaatmadja meresmikan pabrik Emulsifier, pabrik Fuze Bomb, Sarana dan Prasarana Spherical Powder, Gedung Pelayanan dan Laboratorium serta Water Treatment Plant (WTP) dan Power Plant.

Bersamaan dengan itu juga Sekjen berkesempatan untuk meletakan batu pertama Pembangunan Pabrik Elemented Detonator di PT Dahana Subang, Jawa Barat, pada Rabu 30 Januari 2019, sebagaimana dilansir dari laman Kemhan (4/ 2).

Sekjen Kemhan dalam sambutannya menyampaikan apresiasi yang tinggi kepada PT Dahana (Persero) atas capaian pelaksanaan program-program investasi yang merupakan implementasi dari Backward-Forward Strategydengan mengintegrasikan pengembangan industri hulu dan hilir sehingga dapat meningkatkan nilai tambah bagi perusahaan.
 
Alutsista TNI AU Capai 44 Persen

Markas Besar TNI Angkatan Udara (Mabes TNI AU) menggelar Rapat Pimpinan TNI AU, di Mabes TNI AU, Cilangkap, Jakarta Timur.

Kepada media, usai Rapim, Jumat sore (1/2/2019), Kepala Staf Angkatan Udara, Marsekal TNI Yuyu Sutisna mengatakan, Rapim TNI AU ini sebagai kelanjutan dari Rapat Pimpinan Kemhan yang dilaksanakan beberapa pekan yang lalu, kemudian dilanjutkan Rapim TNI-Polri, dan diterjemahkan dalam Rapat Pimpinan TNI AU.

Kasau mengatakan Rapim ini dihadiri oleh seluruh Panglima Kosek, Pangkohanudnas, Komandan Komando Utama (Kotama) maupun Komandan Satuan dari mulai Komandan Lanud, Komandan Skuadron, dan Komandan Wing hingga tingkat satuan bawah dihadirkan.

Dengan harapan semua bisa memahami dan bisa mengevaluasi kegiatan tahun 2018 dan memahami betul apa yang akan dilaksanakan pada 2019. Fokus 2019, jelas akan kita tuntaskan permasalahan-permasalahan yang sempat tertinggal pada 2018 dan melaksanakan program kerja rutin di tahun 2019,” terang Kasau.

Khusus di bidang pengadaan, kita mengacu pada pembangunan MEF yang mana (alutsista) TNI AU baru tercapai 44 persen dari 100 persen pada tahun 2024. Yang seharusnya di akhir 2019 nanti, MEF kita akan tercapai 66-67 persen. Kenapa demikian? Karena pengadaan ada beberapa yang masih berjalan, masih proses di Kemhan. Namun demikian, saya optimistis komitmen saya untuk mempercepat pengadaan alutsista ini. Kita tahu pengadaan alutsista tidak bisa sekarang proses, sekarang kontrak dan sekarang datang. Tidak seperrti itu. Khususnya pesawat, rudal, butuh waktu 2-3 tahun,” bebernya.

Menurutnya, alutsista TNI AU yang ditandatangani pada tahun ini, baru bisa datang sekitar tahun 2021-2022. Jadi, kata Kasau, pada akhirnya TNI AU optimistis pada tahun 2024 alutsista TNI AU sesuai MEF ini akan tercapai.

Hanya (alutsista) ini tertunda saja, karena prosesnya yang terlambat. Komitmen saya dari awal untuk mempercepat semua ini, bahwa proses pengadaan di TNI AU sudah selesai. Sekarang kita serahkan kepada Kemhan dan prosesnya sekarang berada di Kemhan. Kami sekarang hanya bisa berkoordinasi agar mempercepat proses pengadaan itu,” jelas Kasau.

Tugas-tugas TNI AU

Hal yang menjadi tugas kami, membangun satuan-satuan baru sebagai tindak lanjut pembangunan Koopsau III sedang berjalan semuanya. Contohnya, di wilayah timur kita membangun Skuadron-33 Hercules di Makassar. Insya Allah akan kita resmikan di triwulan kedua 2019 ini. Demikian juga Skuadron 27 di Biak, kita akan segera resmikan. Lanud di Timur akan kita resmikan, seperti di Wamena, Saumlaki. Koopsau III juga sedang berjalan, Mako sudah selesai dan infrastruktur lainnya pada akhir tahun ini bisa selesai,” tambahnya.

Ia mengatakan, dii bidang kemampuan, TNI AU terus menigkatkan kemampuannya. Kasau menekankan, dengan tuntutan tugas di tahun ini, kesiapan pesawat untuk antisipasi bencana haruslah diutamakan.

Sudah saya perintahkan ke bagian pemeliharaan minimal kesiapan Hercules setiap saat minimal 12 unit. Kita tidak tahu bencana (terjadi) kapan, tapi yang jelas, kita harus siap. Belajar dari tahun yang lalu, kesiapan hercules sangat dibutuhkan. Pesawat CN paling tidak, siap lima unit, CN295 dan CN235, wing empat. Pasukan seperti Paskhas juga harus siap, kemudian lanud-lanud harus siap mendukung bantuan kemanusiaan bila terjadi bencana,” ujarnya.

Di bidang operasi untuk perang, Kasau melanjutkan, fokus tahun ini TNI AU ingin meningkatkan operasi malam hari. Dimana operasi siang hari sudah dilakukan, namun untuk operasi malam hari ditekankan bisa melakukan intersepsi malam, kemudian penyerangan baik bom, roket, dilakukan di malam hari.

Saya akan latihkan di tahun ini, sehingga di akhir tahun 2019 atau di akhir Renstra ketiga ini diharapkan kemampuan TNI AU sudah utuh, baik di siang hari, maupun malam hari, bantuan kemanusiaan kita sudah siap. Harapan saya seperti itu. Insya Allah kita bisa wujudkan,” ucap Kasau.

Su-35 dan pesawat Amfibi

Soal pesawat Sukhoi Su-35 yang akan dibeli dari Russia, Kasau memastikan bahwa kedatangan burung besi dari beruang merah itu tidak datang tahun 2019 ini.

Jadi, (soal) Su-35, saat saya dilantik menjadi Kasau saya terus push ke Kemhan seperti yang disampaikan kepada Menhan, sudah ditandatangani. Saat ini prosesnya di Kemhan. Proses di TNI AU sudah selesai. Memang yang saya tahu tiap tahun datang secara bertahap, satu tahun setelah efektif kontrak,” ujarnya.

Kasau mengungkapkan, pembangunan MEF 44 persen belum termasuk Sukhoi. Hitungan 44 persen MEF itu adalah tentang alutsista yang sudah datang. Menurutnya, pesawat Sukhoi, pesawat Amphibius sebanyak enam pesawat yang bisa mendarat di laut, sungai dan danau. Kepentingan utamanya pesawat itu selain untuk kepentingan operasi militer seperti pengintaian, SAR, juga untuk pemadam kebakaran bila terjadi karhutla yang selalu terjadi.

Mudah-mudaham pada tahun depan sudah ada secara bertahap. Kemudian, heli Caracal sebanyak delapan unit tambah 3 unit lagi, jadi sebelas unit, itu sudah ditandatangani kontraknya itu dengan PTDI, Cassa sembilan pesawat, dan radar sebanyak enam unit dan persenjataan dan radar T-50 yang belum lengkap,” tuturnya.

Dengan kekuatan MEF 44 persen itu, sementara kondisi geopolitik dan geostrategis Asia Pasifik apakah akan menyulitkan operasi TNI AU? Menurutnya, hal itulah yang harus kita pandai-pandai mengaturnya. Sekarang ini pesawat yang ada, pesawat F-16 yang sedang diupgrade agar betul-betul diefektifkan dalam menghadapi situasi yang berkembang, demikian juga Sukhoi, T-50 dipasang radar agar bisa melakukan counter.

Anggarannya sudah ada, tinggal prosesnya saja. Kalau kita bisa percepat, maka akan percepat establih-nya TNI AU,” demikian dikatakan Kasau.

https://tangerangonline.id/2019/02/...-capai-44-persen-modernisasi-terus-dilakukan/

Current TNI AU inventory (by Wiki):

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Industry
Cracks emerge in Franco-German export control plans
Charles Forrester, London - Jane's Defence Weekly
06 February 2019
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A Royal Air Force Typhoon armed with an MBDA Meteor BVRAAM missile. The RSAF signed a contract in 2015 for its Typhoon aircraft to receive the Meteor BVRAAM system. Source: MBDA/Geoff Lee
News has emerged in French media of local companies facing problems fulfilling export contracts due to more stringent export regulations in Germany.

As a result of the tightening of export controls in Germany, critical components have not been cleared for export to end users, resulting in delays as French suppliers seek substitute components or potentially have to cancel orders.

The first reports of the issue emerged on 5 February in French news outlet La Tribune , which said that Germany had blocked the export of the MBDA Meteor beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile (BVRAAM) to Saudi Arabia. Germany halted defence exports to Saudi Arabia in October 2018 following the death of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Turkey.

MBDA Deutschland subsidiary Bayern-Chemie supplies the propulsion system, booster, and ramjet for the Meteor BVRAAM. Jane’s sources reported in early 2015 that Saudi Arabia had signed a contract valued at USD1.1 billion for Meteor systems to arm its Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft.

An MBDA spokesperson declined to comment to Jane’s on the issue.

Export controls have also had an impact on the armoured vehicle market, with the CEO of French armoured vehicle manufacturer Arquus, Emmanuel Levacher, citing problems with obtaining subcomponents from German sources for platforms destined to countries including Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Indonesia, and India.

In comments reported by La Tribune on 6 Febraury and confirmed by the company, Levacher said that components for vehicles, ranging from seals and gearboxes to engines, had been delayed by German regulators. These components were difficult to source from non-German companies, leaving the firm to look to alternative suppliers, such as the United States, for solutions.
 
Hmm ...Backward to Suharto era ...:(

Indonesia's military demands civilian positions for officers

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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.


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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.

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"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."
 
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