Indonesia to build infrastructure for submarine production
Wed, June 12 2013 00:30 |
Illustration. Indonesian navy submarine, KRI Nanggala-402. (FOTO ANTARA/M Risyal Hidayat)
Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Defense Minister Purnomo Yusgiantoro said Indonesia will soon build infrastructure for the production of submarines.
The infrastructure will be built by state shipbuilding company PT PAL in Surabaya, Purnomo said after a session of the Committee for the Defense Industry Policy here on Tuesday.
He said the country is expected to have the infrastructure ready in the next two to three years.
The session of the Committee, which is chaired by Purnomo, also discusses a plan to produce jet fighter planes in the country.
Purnomo said legal umbrella would be needed before any step taken to build the war plane and submarine infrastructure.
"Support from the House of Representatives would be needed to provide a legal basis for the project," he said.
Indonesia as the world`s largest archipelago, would need strong navy and air force to protect its thousands of islands.
Indonesia has agreed with South Korea to cooperate in building the infrastructure for the production of submarines. The cooperation will include in license, engineering manufacturing and production of prototype.
Cooperation is already implemented in design technology and in the next two years cooperation is expected to be implemented in engineering manufacturing and prototype.
Indonesia and South Korea also agreed on transfer of technology in the construction of submarines.
Earlier, the government said development of modern factory to produce submarine would be implemented in 2016-2017.
The first submarine to be produced under the cooperation agreement in Korea will be completed in 2014.
Construction of the second submarine will involve Indonesian technicians and production of the third unit will be in Indonesia by PT PAL.
The submarine bases will be built in the Palu bay, Central Sulawesi to be commissioned by the end of this year. All units of Indonesian submarine will be stationed in the Palu bay including the new one produced in Korea.(*)
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US Ambassador joins opening of US-RI military exercise
Tue, June 11 2013 20:27 |
Photo document of US-Indonesia army exercise in Cilodong, Depok, West Java. (ANTARA/Penerangan AD)
Jakarta (ANTARA News) - US Ambassador Scot Marciel attended the opening of a US-Indonesia army exercise in Cilodong, Depok, West Java, on Monday, the US Embassy said on its official website on Tuesday.
Scot Marciel joined Maj. Gen. Gary Hara, Deputy Commander for the Army National Guard, US Army Pacific (USARPAC) and Indonesian Defense Forces (TNI) Maj. Gen. Daniel Ambat, Kostrad (Army`s Strategic Command) Division 1 Commander, for the opening of the Garuda Shield exercise (GS) in Cilodong.
Garuda Shield is an annual Army-to-Army interoperability exercise is focused on building stronger relationships, sharing techniques, tactics and procedures, and building operational familiarity.
This year`s Garuda Shield is the 7th iteration of the exercise and represents the largest and most complex bilateral event ever conducted between the United States and Indonesian Armies.
The exercise consists of four parts including a combined tactical operations center and staff process, computer planning exercise, intensive field exercise portion, and a combined airborne operation with the U.S. Army`s 82nd Airborne Division.
This is the 7th iteration of the Garuda Shield exercise which is scheduled to conclude on June 21 at Kostrad Division 1 Headquarters.
The Garuda Shield exercise is the centerpiece of a series of exercises that are building greater cooperation under the U.S.-Indonesia Comprehensive Partnership.
United States forces also participated Gema Bhakti combined Humanitarian Assistance Disaster Relief staff exercise at the International Peace and Security Center in Sentul, Indonesia from June 6-10.
The Gema Bhakti exercise brought together forces from U.S. Army Pacific Command, U.S. Navy and Air Force to work side-by-side personnel from the TNI to create response planning to assist Indonesia in responding more efficiently to a natural disaster.
Experts in various disaster relief fields discussed issues, emergency responders and support services, face during an emergency and provided insights which allowed roughly 100 participants from both militaries to brain storm ideas to support national and strategic level decision making processes.
As a further compliment to the Garuda Shield and Gema Bhakti exercises, Indonesia and the United States also conducted a Disaster Response Exercise & Exchange entitled Pacific Resilience.
Pacific Resilience, held from June 3-6 at the Indonesia Peace & Security Center in Sentul brought together USARPAC, TNI, Indonesian disaster response agencies, and U.S. agencies, including the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).
During the course of the exercise, over 150 participants gathered to focus on humanitarian assistance and disaster relief. The exercise was designed to simulate the response to an earthquake and tsunami impacting the area of Padang in western Sumatra.
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