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182 · May 25, 2022

TNI Angkatan Udara

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Saat kunjungan ke Amerika Serikat pd 19 Mei 2022 lalu, Kepala Staf Angkatan Udara melaks kegiatan diskusi staff talk dgn USAF.
Dlm kegiatan tsb dibahas beberapa topik yakni Regional Scene Setters, Pilot Training, F-15E WSO Training and Integration, Aircrew Talent Management.

Diskusi dipimpin Jenderal Charles Q. Brown Jr. Kepala Staf USAF, dan Marsekal TNI Fadjar Prasetyo.
Adapun isu-isu yang dibahas saat diskusi regional scene setter adalah tentang South China Security, Terrorisme, Climate Change dan Human Assistant/Disaster Relief (HADR).

10:08 AM · May 25, 2022·Twitter for Android

Indos · May 26, 2022

Defense Budget for 2023 is 123 trillion Rupiah ( 8.4 billion USD ). It is a bit decrease from 2022 defense budget at 126 trillion Rupiah ( 8. 6 billion USD )

Terbesar! Prabowo Bakal Dapat Anggaran Rp 123 T pada 2023

Menteri Keuangan Sri Mulyani Indrawati telah menyusun anggaran untuk seluruh Kementerian/Lembaga (K/L) di tanah air untuk 2023.

www.cnbcindonesia.com

Indos · May 26, 2022

2023 defense budget is a bit lower than 2022 defense budget ( for Armed Force )

By seeing how small it is research budget in 2023, so my assumption is that many of the research program is now funded by BRIN (directly under President ) and could be under Finance Ministry program directly, which possibly will include KFX/IFX program and MALE UCAV program ( since the start it is under BRIN )

Indos · May 29, 2022

Preparation process for first flight disclosed by KF-21 flight test pilot

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Indos · May 30, 2022

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IblinI · May 30, 2022

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Indos · May 30, 2022

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From the picture posted in 2021, UAV Blowfish from China has already been used by Brimob, police paramilitary unit in their operation in Papua province.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1426514097617752066

Brimob, Police Paramilitary, total strength is 30.000 troops

Indos · May 30, 2022

President Of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy Talks To Indonesia | FPCI Virtual Public Forum

jamahir · May 30, 2022

Indos said:
President Of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy Talks To Indonesia | FPCI Virtual Public Forum

Sad that Indonesian government has allowed this ZioNazi, Capitalist thief, criminal of his own citizens and a war criminal to garner sympathy from its misguided citizens. He should by arrested by Russia and taken to Moscow to be charged just like George Bush jr and Tony B'liar are on an international arrest warrant issued by the Kuala Lumpur War Crimes Commission in 2011 on charges of crimes against Iraq and again against Bush and other American officials in 2012 for Abu Ghraib crimes.

Indos · May 31, 2022

Australian PM’s Rival Wants Closer Ties With ‘Giant’ Indonesia

Labor leader said Indonesia would one day be a ‘superpower’
His party’s lead over Australia PM’s coalition narrows

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May 17, 2022, 10:43 PM PDT

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Australia’s Labor leader Anthony Albanese has picked Indonesia as one of his first diplomatic visits if he wins Saturday’s election and becomes prime minister, saying Canberra needs to build closer ties with the future “superpower

"Indonesia will grow to be an economy that’s substantial in the world, we live in a region whereby in the future we will have China, India and Indonesia as giants.

"We need to strengthen that economic partnership," he said at the National Press Club in Canberra.

Albanese did not lay out specific policies to bring the two countries closer together but said he wanted to expand "people-to-people" partnerships and build engagement with Jakarta including in areas like maritime safety.

The Labour leader questioned why relations between Australia and Indonesia were not closer, given the country’s proximity and the fact that Jakarta would one day "be a superpower in the world".

"We need to really strengthen the relationship," he said.

Indonesia is the one of the countries closest to Australia geographically, with security ties covering counter-terrorism and border protection. There have been strains in that relationship from alleged abuses by Indonesian special forces in East Timor in the late 1990s to revelations of Australian spies tapping then-president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono’s phone in 2013.

In recent months, Indonesia has expressed concerns over a new security pact between the US, UK and Australia that will help Canberra build nuclear-powered submarines while escalating tensions with China.

Albanese is currently in the final days of a six-week campaign against the centre-right government of Prime Minister Scott Morrison. Recent polling has shown a tightening election contest between the two leaders, with both competing for 76 seats to form government in Australia’s 151-seat Parliament.

He said if he won the vote on Saturday he would be heading to a meeting of the Quad in Japan on Monday, a diplomatic trial by fire where he’d hold talks with US President Joe Biden, Japan Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Albanese said he would continue elements of Morrison’s diplomatic approach to Australia’s allies, while adding he believed trust needed to be rebuilt with some of the country’s partners.

When asked about reports in the Guardian that the Chinese government would seek a diplomatic reset with whichever leader won the election on May 21, Albanese just said the relationship between the two countries would be "challenging” going forward. - BLOOMBERG

Australian PM’s Rival Wants Closer Ties With ‘Giant’ Indonesia

Australia’s Labor leader Anthony Albanese has picked Indonesia as one of his first diplomatic visits if he wins Saturday’s election and becomes prime minister, saying Canberra needs to build closer ties with the future “superpower.”

www.bloomberg.com

Australian PM’s rival wants closer ties with ‘giant’ Indonesia

CANBERRA: Australia’s Labour leader Anthony Albanese has picked Indonesia as one of his first diplomatic visits if he wins Saturday’s (May 21) election and becomes prime minister, saying Canberra needs to build closer ties with the future "superpower".

www.thestar.com.my

https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/asean-business/australian-pms-rival-wants-closer-ties-with-giant-indonesia

Indos · May 31, 2022

Indos said:
Rizwan Rahmat made a mistake, 6 Rafale planes order is go ahead as it is part of previous 1.1 billion USD MRCA program backed by foreign loan which has been approved by both Planning Minister and Finance Minister in 2021.

He also made another mistake by saying green book is for 2022 state budget, 2022 state budget has been made in middle of 2021 where parliament has approved it. This green book acquisition program can only be effective contract in 2023 where the amount of money that will be disbursed as the down payment will be decided this year but the disbursement can only happen in 2023 ( making the contract effective ).

Many dont understand that the plan to buy another 36 Rafale planes are just Prabowo Subianto plan and hasnt been sealed with contract just like previous 6 Rafale planes order. The dire needs is to fill previous F 5 squadron with just 12 planes.

Indonesia has already had KF21/IFX program that should be the main backbone of our future fighters squadrons. The decision not to approve Prabowo plan to buy another 36 Rafale planes I believe make countries such as Singapore and Australia worry since KF21/IFX have relatively similar capability with F 35, particularly the block 3 and has cheaper price than Rafale and F15 EX, so potentially Indonesian dream to have around 100 modern capable fighters could be achieved beyond 2030's, which is all the same type thus much more effective, efficient and easier to operate, not to mention if PTDI also develop the Stealth Wingman drone for the KF21/IFX squadrons that they will be produced in the country, inshaAllah.

KF21/IFX is also more suitable to face China aircraft carrier in SCS that in the future will be loaded with J 31 5 generation fighters. With this program, inshaAllah we will have both modern capability and adequate number of fighters (due to cheaper price and the production is handled by our local industry ) that can match with our future challenge

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24 MAY 2022

Indonesia omits major procurement programmes from 2022 ‘Green Book'
by Ridzwan Rahmat

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The Indonesian Ministry of National Development Planning has omitted major defence procurement programmes from the register of priority projects approved for foreign funding in 2022.

This register is commonly referred to in-country as the ‘Green Book'. Programmes included in this register will be escalated to the Indonesian Ministry of Finance, which will then decide on the final amount of foreign loans that can be obtained for fiscal year (FY) 2022.

Documents forwarded to Janes on 24 May by a government source indicate that among programmes that have been included in the ‘Green Book' are mid-life upgrades for the Indonesian Navy's Diponegoro-class corvettes and Bung Tomo-class frigates. In terms of hull age, these vessels have either exceeded or are approaching their 20-year mark.

Besides these combatants, upgrades for the Indonesian Navy's first batch of KCR-60M-class fast-attack craft and FPB-57 fast patrol vessels are also mentioned. The former type was commissioned in 2014 while the latter were inducted between 1988 and 2004.

A programme to procure more medium-altitude long-endurance (MALE) unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for the Indonesian Air Force is also included in the ‘Green Book' for 2022.

Overall, the total amount for all programmes included in the register of priority projects for which foreign funding can be obtained is USD2 billion.

Notably missing from the register are programmes to equip the Indonesian Air Force with Rafale multirole fighter aircraft from Dassault Aviation, and the Indonesian Navy with FREMM guided-missile frigates from Fincantieri. Contracts for these major equipment were signed in 2021.

Indonesia omits major procurement programmes from 2022 ‘Green Book'

The Indonesian Ministry of National Development Planning has omitted major defence procurement programmes from the register of priority projects approved for foreign...

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Indos said:
Indonesia has already had KF21/IFX program that should be the main backbone of our future fighters squadrons. The decision not to approve Prabowo plan to buy another 36 Rafale planes I believe make countries such as Singapore and Australia worry since KF21/IFX have relatively similar capability with F 35, particularly the block 3 and has cheaper price than Rafale and F15 EX, so potentially Indonesian dream to have around 100 modern capable fighters could be achieved beyond 2030's, which is all the same type thus much more effective, efficient and easier to operate, not to mention if PTDI also develop the Stealth Wingman drone for the KF21/IFX squadrons that they will be produced in the country, inshaAllah.

KF21/IFX is also more suitable to face China aircraft carrier in SCS that in the future will be loaded with J 31 5 generation fighters. With this program, inshaAllah we will have both modern capability and adequate number of fighters (due to cheaper price and the production is handled by our local industry ) that can match with our future challenge

20 squadrons fighter, now we can do it with KF21/IFX ( inshaAllah )

Indos · May 31, 2022

Sat Set! Sri Mulyani Cuts Ministry Budget to MPR

NEWS - Edward Ricardo Sianturi, CNBC Indonesia
31 May 2022 11:56

Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia - Minister of Finance Sri Mulyani Indrawati asked all Ministries of Institutions (KL) to cut spending for the 2022 fiscal year, amounting to Rp 24.5 trillion.

The request was submitted by letter to each KL as of May 23, 2022. The letter has been confirmed by the Director General of Budget Isa Rachmatarwata to CNBC Indonesia , Monday (30/5/2022).