Indonesia Defence Forum

[NarThoD]

person names specifically intended for Warship names and that's person must have something in which can be correlated with our Nation struggles....

thanks for the correction but i prefer former kingdom in Indo for ship names

Majapahit-class destroyer that will be awesome! or Srivijaya-class

 

[Nike]

Yes that will be good but you should name your Tanks and APC and Ships on famous Sahabas like Hazrat Khalid bin Waleed RA and Hazrat SAAD BIN ABI WAQAS and Hazrat Ali RA and many many more like them

we much more likes to giving something neutral and Nationalistic names into our armaments, like Anoa, Tarantula, komodo and so on and we have tendencies to copying Germany way to naming their vehicles with animals (like Leopards, Pumas, Marders, Fuch Dingo, Boxer and so on). Kartika series for our National rocket programme, National Heroes for our warships.

thanks for the correction but i prefer former kingdom in Indo for ship names

Majapahit-class destroyer that will be awesome! or Srivijaya-class

President class will be intended for Aircraft carrier or LHD (someday in far away future)
Big Islands names will be intended for large combatant warship such as Cruiser and Destroyer (like KRI Irian Jaya in the past)
frigates will be named with National Heroes names same cases with the corvettes
LPD will be named with major provincial capital such as Banda Aceh, Makassar, Banjarmasin and so on
Hospital ships will be named with doctors names with National achievement like Dr.Soeharso (maybe in the future someone like Tjipto Mangoenkoesoemo and Sardjito too)
Bay names will be intended for LST names
small islands names will be intended for Mine hunters ships
National weapons names will be intended for Fast attack Ships names (like Rencong, Mandau, Clurit and so on)
Mythical weapons names in Mahabrata and Ramayana tales will be intended for Submarines names (Nanggala and Cakra)

gyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyygh​

 

[Nike]

Yonkav-13 Satya Lembuswana Diresmikan
Today 18:51
Denkav-1/Mtc yang berkedudukan di Jl Soekarno-Hatta Km 28 Kabupaten Kutai Kartanegara mulai Kamis (23/10) berubah status menjadi Batalyon Kaveleri-13 Satya Lembuswana yang diresmikan oleh Pangdam VI Mulawarman Mayjen TNI Benny Indra Pujihastono, S.IP.

Acara ditandai dengan penyerahan Lambang Satuan, Tongkat Komando dan Tunggul Satuan oleh Pangdam VI/Mlw kepada Danyon Kaveleri-13 Satya Lembuswana, Mayor Kav Aria S.Saleh. Dengan digelarnya Batalyon Kavaleri-13/Satya Lembuswana di wilayah Kalimantan Timur, merupakan jawaban atas kesungguhan TNI AD dalam menyikapi dan menyiasati kecenderungan ancaman ke depan yang semakin berat dan kompleks.

Kehadiran Batalyon Kavaleri-13/Satya Lembuswana ini, diharapkan dapat menambah kemampuan jajaran Kodam VI Mulawarman dalam melaksanakan tugas pokoknya sebagai komando operasional dan komando pembinaan. Demikian penegasan Pangdam VI/Mlw Mayjen TNI Benny Indra Pujihastono, S.IP. saat meresmikan Yonkav-13/SL.

“Saya berharap masyarakat di wilayah Kalimantan Timur khususnya Kabupaten Kutai Kartanegara dapat menerima kehadiran Batalyon Kavaleri-13/Satya Lembuswana dengan tangan terbuka dan menaruh harapan penuh sehingga pelaksanaan tugas pokoknya dapat berhasil dengan baik,” kata Pangdam dalam sambutannya.

sumber: http://www.balikpapanpos.co.id/berit...iresmikan.html

Indonesian Army raising another Battalion Cavalry In Kalimantan

Denkav-1 / Mtc is located on Jl Soekarno-Hatta Km 28 Kutai regency starting on Thursday (23/10) changed its status to the 13th Battalion kaveleri Satya Lembuswana Commander VI inaugurated by Major General Benny Indra Mulawarman Pujihastono, S.IP.

The event was marked by the delivery of Unit Emblem, Sticks and Stumps Command Unit by Commander VI / MLW to Danyon kaveleri-13 Satya Lembuswana, Major Kav Aria S.Saleh. By convening the 13th Cavalry Battalion / Satya Lembuswana in East Kalimantan, an answer to the seriousness of the Army in addressing the threat and deal with the future trend of increasingly heavy and complex.

The presence of the 13th Cavalry Battalion / Satya Lembuswana is expected to increase the ranks of the military command capabilities VI Mulawarman in carrying out a duty as an operational command and command guidance. Thus the assertion Commander VI / MLW Major General Benny Indra Pujihastono, S.IP. while inaugurating Yonkav-13 / SL.

"I hope people in East Kalimantan Kutai regency in particular can accept the presence of the 13th Cavalry Battalion / Satya Lembuswana with open arms and put the full expectation that the implementation of the core functions can work well," said the military commander in his speech.

 

[Jakartans@PkDef]

Yes that will be good but you should name your Tanks and APC and Ships on famous Sahabas like Hazrat Khalid bin Waleed RA and Hazrat SAAD BIN ABI WAQAS and Hazrat Ali RA and many many more like them

We cannot do that, although Moslem majority, Indonesia is a country ruled not by Islamic law but universal and secular principles. Internally, Indonesian people prefers to identify themselves with ethnicity rather than religion. For naming for the armored vehicles, based from the army tradition its would be local animal name.
For Navy ship the tradition is National heroes for Corvettes and Frigates, Mythical Weapons (wayang culture : Mahabharata or Ramayana) for Submarines (examples : Cakra, Nanggala, Bramastra, Pasopati, etc), traditional weapons for Fast Attack Guided Missile Class Ship (Rencong, Keris, Klewang, Halasan, Siwar etc), Fishes / sea animals for patrol boats (Todak, Hiu, Sura, etc), City names for LPD Class (Makassar, Banjarmasin, Banda Aceh, etc), and name of straits or gulfs for transport ships.

 

[Jakartans@PkDef]

we had a lot of National animals, Anoa is a bovine i think the next 6 wheeled armored vehicle will be from bovine orders too, my best guess will be Banteng, Kerbau, and such

might as well we name it after the name of the sacred cow from yogyakarta sultan palace : Kyai Slamet

 

[Reashot Xigwin]

Jokowi Tight-Lipped Following National Security Pow-Wow
Salutations: President meets national security chiefs as decisions lay ahead on funding for weapons upgrades and personnel welfare

By Ezra Sihite, Kennial Caroline Laia & Robertus Wardhi on 12:02 am Oct 23, 2014
Category Featured, News, Politics
Tags: Indonesian Military TNI, national defense

Indonesia’s military chief has lobbied President Joko Widodo to make housing for troops a priority, while the National Police seek to add more than 20,000 new recruits next year. (Antara Photo/Oky Lukmansyah)

Jakarta. Indonesian President Joko Widodo met with his top national security officials on Wednesday to reportedly discuss issues concerning military modernization, personnel welfare and other matters.

On Wednesday, Joko held a meeting at the State Palace with National Intelligence Agency (BIN) chief Marciano Norman, Indonesian Military (TNI) Chief Gen. Moeldoko and National Police Chief Com. Gen. Sutarman.

Also invited to the talks were the Air Force, Navy and Army chiefs of staff, Marshall Ida Bagus Putu Dunia, Adm. Marsetio and Gen. Gatot Nurmantyo.

Joko said he asked Moeldoko about the latest developments in the weaponry revitalization program started by former president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono in 2010.

The program calls for up to Rp 150 trillion ($12.5 billion) in spending through 2015 to meet Indonesia’s minimum essential force requirements.

“I asked [Moeldoko] about the planning, the budget issues et cetera,” Joko told reporters at a press conference on the State Palace lawn after the meeting.

Moeldoko told reporters at the press conference that the weapons modernization program had been progressing well, citing the roles of the Committee for Defense Industry Policies (KKIP) established in 2012 to supervise the process.

“We’ve achieved 38 percent of [our minimum essential force requirements]. We hope it will reach 100 percent by 2019,” Moeldoko said, adding that this would beat the stipulated 2024 deadline.

Defense spending after 2015 would have to be decided by the president, Moeldoko said, adding that the matter would have to wait until after Joko finished selecting his cabinet members.

The president was expected to announce members of his cabinet on Wednesday evening, but then said the announcement would be delayed indefinitely; Joko later indicated the cabinet announcement was back on. As of press time, the status of his cabinet picks remains unclear.

“We can’t talk about figures yet, but now that we have partly progressed with our strategic plans for military weaponry and equipment, we can simultaneously continue with improving soldiers’ welfare, including by improving housing and health facilities for them, as well as salaries,” the TNI commander said.

Moeldoko said he told Joko that providing housing for soldiers should be a priority among his policies to improve soldier welfare.

“Currently we’ve only been able to provide houses for 244,000 soldiers, out of around 500,000 soldiers,” he said.

“We’re still doing calculations to decide by what year the entire [housing] needs should be met.”

Meanwhile, National Police Chief Gen. Sutarman said that in addition to improving police welfare and better equipping them with transportation, the National Police want to expand their force with 20,300 new recruits next year.

Sutarman said that the recruitment drive was contingent on the force receiving sufficient funding.

“[The recruitment plan] will depend on the state’s capacity to provide funding, including to [improve] police personnel’s welfare,” Sutarman said. “[The president] is still trying to decide what will be given … whether it’s welfare improvement or new equipment.”

Calls from both the TNI and the police for sufficient funding for the welfare of armed services personnel have mounted in recent years in light of growing revelations about soldiers and police resorting to illegal rent-seeking activities and protection rackets to supplement their income.

Defense and security analyst Bantarto Bandoro of the Indonesia Defense University said the meeting indicated Joko’s commitment to revamping the country’s defense and security sector.

Prior to the meeting with national security officials, Joko held bilateral meetings with several foreign dignitaries who attended his inauguration, as well as meetings with his coalition officials.

“[The security meeting] shows Joko’s commitment to and concerns about Indonesia’s security,” Bantarto said.

“It seems that he wants to share with those security institutions his spirit and motivation, in order to improve their performance in the coming years. By showing his support, Joko surely hopes that those security institutions will reciprocate and support his administration. It is part of Joko’s intention to strengthen Indonesia’s national security.”

Further Coverage

Jokowi Tight-Lipped Following National Security Pow-Wow - The Jakarta Globe

 

[Reashot Xigwin]

Infantry Battalion 511 deployed to secure Indonesia-PNG borders
Rabu, 22 Oktober 2014 16:38 WIB | 795 Views

Photo document of border area of Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. (ANTARA/Dian Kandipi)
Surabaya (ANTARA News) - Several soldiers from the Dibyantara Yudha Infantry Battalion 511 in East Java have been deployed to safeguard the Republic of Indonesia (RI)-Papua New Guinea (PNG) borders.

Chief of the Brawijaya Regional Military Command V Maj. Gen. Eko Wiratmoko bid farewell to the soldiers on Monday (October 20), Col. Totok Sugiharto, the chief of the commands information service, stated here on Wednesday.

The Indonesian nation and state have entrusted the soldiers of the infantry battalion to safeguard the sovereignty of the Unitary Republic of Indonesia, particularly its borders with PNG, Maj. Gen. Eko noted while seeing off the soldiers.

"The chief of the regional military command also reminded the soldiers of the infantry battalion that they needed to have a persuasive approach and build togetherness with all the elements of the community in the area where they were deployed," Col. Totok said, quoting the regional military command chief.

Your success in drawing sympathy and support from the community is the key to thwarting the separatist movement in the border area, he stated.

"Stay alert in every step you take, and use your time to carry out positive activities, including empowering the local people to explore their potentials and nurturing military units in the operation area," Maj. Gen. Eko remarked.

On the occasion, Maj. Gen. Eko also conveyed a seven-point message to the soldiers, which included maintaining solidarity, creating a harmonious atmosphere through social communication or approaches to customary, religious, and public figures, shunning all words and acts that offend the local people, and refraining from acts that have the potential to violate the laws and human rights.

(Reported by Edy M Yakub/Uu.INE/S012/KR-BSR/F001)

Infantry Battalion 511 deployed to secure Indonesia-PNG borders - ANTARA News

UN praises Indonesia for its contributions to peacekeeping operations
Sabtu, 25 Oktober 2014 04:26 WIB | 762 Views

Jakarta (ANTARA News) - The United Nations has praised Indonesia for contributing to the world body's activities and programs.

During a UN Day commemoration event at Budi Luhur University here on Friday, UN Resident Coordinator for Indonesia Douglas Broderick highlighted Indonesia's role in international forums while encouraging the nation to continue supporting the principles and norms of the UN.

Broderick also awarded International Peacekeeping medal Dag Hammarskjold to Dr Mario A Agustin of Haiti who died while participating in the UN Integrated Mission in Timor Leste (UNMIT) in 2012. The medal was conferred on his wife Maretta Suderia of Indonesia.

Former Indonesian ambassador to the UN Hasan Kleib pointed out that as a peace-loving nation, Indonesia will continue its contributions to international peacekeeping operations.

Director of the UN Information Center for Jakarta Michele Zaccheo observed that the commemoration of UN Day reflected the important roles played by the government, academic institutions, and military personnel in celebrating the values of the world body.

UN Day, which falls on October 24, marks the entry into force of the UN Charter in 1945.

The commemoration of UN Day at Budi Luhur University saw several programs, including a panel discussion on Indonesia's role in UN peacekeeping operations.

The discussion featured Captain Sandra Michiko Moninkey, Indonesian Air Force's officer woman, who was part of the UN Interim Force in Lebanon in 2009, and chief of the Foreign Ministry's development research and development for international organization Fikri Cassidy.

UN praises Indonesia for its contributions to peacekeeping operations - ANTARA News

The Misunderstood Legacy of ‘Zero Enemies, Thousands of Friends’
By Edhie Baskoro Yudhoyono on 12:35 am Oct 20, 2014
Category Commentary, Featured, Opinion
Tags: diplomacy, foreign affairs, Joko Widodo Jokowi, jokowi inauguration, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono SBY

(JG Graphics)

Whatever the pros and cons of Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono’s domestic policies, it’s clearly hard to argue against Indonesia’s foreign policy achievements — earning international recognition over the last decade.

After a dark experience of colonization by a foreign power for hundreds of years, Indonesia has realized its founders’ vision that the nation would someday hold a significant position in regional dynamics and global politics — for its own sake.

Indonesia’s initiatives have helped forge international consensus on numerous occasions. Among them: issues of climate change at 2007’s United Nations FCCC in Bali; preservation of the Code of Conduct in South China Sea disputes; and serving as a vanguard for developing countries’ preservation of rights and bargaining position in the global economy through Indonesia’s participation the G-20.

The nation can count among its success stories Indonesian peace-keeping forces’ participation in UN missions, resulting in international recognition of Indonesia’s capability and commitment to global peace, as mandated by the Constitution.

These constitutional diplomatic quests were motivated by the “Zero Enemies, Thousands of Friends” doctrine that defined the president’s first term.

During Yudhoyono’s second term, a new Indonesian foreign policy doctrine was introduced: “Zero Enemies, Millions of Friends.”

This new doctrine is responsible for Indonesia’s rise in standing among the international community in recent years, not only as a friend but also as a strategic partner.

Signs of appreciation for President Yudhoyono by foreign heads of state in the form of implicit gestures or public pronouncements on a number of occasions, such as bilateral and multilateral meetings, are evidence that the president’s operant foreign policy doctrine over the last few years has enabled Indonesia to mitigate its militarization and assume a non-threatening image, while simultaneously enhancing its position and power significantly.

In terms of developing military capabilities, Indonesia’s defense budget has quadrupled since the start of the reformation era. In fact, the current Indonesian defense budget is the highest ever, compared to previous presidents.

Today’s defense spending today is higher even, ironically, than during the New Order (Orde Baru) of Suharto, who is so commonly identified with his military regime.

Generally, defense spending has amounted to an average of 1 percent of the national budget. Previously, defense spending never exceeded 0.5 percent of the national budget. Under this president, defense spending has reached around 0.7 percent of the national budget.

This indicates an increasing concern with developing our national defense capability over the last 10 years. Concern with our defense capability is not merely about procurement and modernization of primary weapons systems. It also encompasses increasing the welfare of military personnel.

Despite significant increases in military expenditures under the minimum essential force concept, Indonesia’s active diplomacy has enabled it to not be perceived as threatening, while simultaneously enhancing deterrence.

To some extent, Indonesia’s “Zero Enemies, Thousands of Friends” foreign policy has had an impact on the behavior of our immediate neighbors.

Indonesia’s efforts to maintain its deterrence while cultivating a less aggressive posture is contagious regionally.

Under the Asean framework of regional habits and behavior for peaceful dispute settlement, Indonesia has been seen as a role model and is recognized as one of the key players.

While Indonesia itself is not yet free from potential border disputes with neighboring countries, Indonesia has demonstrated that dialogue cultivates esteem and always proves effective at easing tensions and settling disputes.

In a nationalistic manner, for the last 10 years this cultivated posture of peaceful dispute settlement has enabled Indonesia to maintain its territorial integrity, absent any deployments for military operations in war for that purpose.

Of course, deterrence is a feature of Indonesia’s diplomacy, as indicated in its defense policy.

Indonesia’s trade balance between 2009 and 2013 has shown promise. According to the Trade Ministry’s Trade Data and Information Center, by 2003 our trade balance reached an $8.5 billion surplus for non-oil and gas commodities.

Similar achievements are also evident in the total value of foreign investment, which reached Rp 100.5 trillion ($8.3 billion) in the first quarter of 2013.

Objectively, it is very hard to argue against the conclusion that the aforementioned achievements have not provided the government a conducive environment to project a non-threatening and prosperous image to the international community.

However, it is unfortunate that while President Yudhoyono has been earning international recognition and enhancing Indonesia’s bargaining position significantly, Indonesia’s foreign policy under the “Zero Enemies, Thousands of Friends” doctrine is unfairly contested.

Assessment of Indonesia’s foreign policy is often misjudged in a one-sided manner by the media.

Frankly speaking, President Yudhoyono has not been a media darling, and is often subject to media bullying based on political interest of political rivals.

Such unfortunate practices by the media not only degrade the corporate culture and quality of the media itself, but also jeopardize the role of media to educate and inform the public.

Some political competitors often mock President Yudhoyono’s doctrine, saying that “Zero Enemies, Thousands of Friends” means being friends with everyone, tragically speaking, including terrorists and villains.

The counterargument to such mocking by narrow-minded perspectives is that Indonesia’s foreign policy is guided by the nation’s Constitution and laws.

Therefore, at least implicitly, “Zero Enemies, Thousands of Friends” has certain limits and boundaries.

For the sake of balance we must consider the criticism that up until this point, President Yudhoyono’s administration has not yet put more effort into explaining and defining this doctrine for the public.

This absence of explanation has left a vacuum that can always be twisted and spun as a political commodity for opponents’ purposes of scoring points.

A decade of the Yudhoyono presidency is indeed far from being perfect.

While many achievements have been reached, many more still remain to be accomplished. It is now up to the next administration under Joko Widodo and Jusuf Kalla to either drop the entirety of our previous achievements, or sustain and make them more promising in the future.

It would be very unfortunate if the next administration opts for the former.

Strategically, President Yudhoyono has put effort into making it easy for Joko to establish Indonesia’s foreign policy credentials until now. Joko does not have to deal with the daunting task of building a foundation for Indonesia’s bargaining position internationally.

Edhie Baskoro Yudhoyono is the younger son of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono

The Misunderstood Legacy of ‘Zero Enemies, Thousands of Friends’ - The Jakarta Globe

 

[Zarvan]

 

[Jakartans@PkDef]

Congratulation to our new Minister of Defense : General (ret) Ryamizard Ryacudu.

 

[Nike]

expect for more closer Indonesian-China-Russian circles in military field in near future, that's what i can say about this guy

 

[NarThoD]

yeah...i wont suprised to see many eastern toys and stuffs in our arsenal near future...052 class destroyer looking hot too lol

 

[nufix]

Indonesia's Gendarmerie Police (Brimob) tour of duty in Papua, Eastern Indonesia
photos: MP Tribrata

Papua is the only indonesian region, in which Indonesian paramilitary as well as military units are in battle against separatistic and secessionistic terrorists that terrorize and oftenly raze towns and create disturbances on social life of ordinary civilians in Papua. Brimob itself is one of the most heavily equipped police in Asia as it oftenly finds itself in a situation where usual paramilitary units would transfer the mission to the regular military force. Different to the Indonesian military that has been trained with better understanding on human-rights, Brimob has not been heavily criticized by the international communities and is still one of the most brutal paramilitary units in Asia.

 

[NarThoD]

Indonesia's Gendarmerie Police (Brimob) tour of duty in Papua, Eastern Indonesia
photos: MP Tribrata

Papua is the only indonesian region, in which Indonesian paramilitary as well as military units are in battle against separatistic and secessionistic terrorists that terrorize and oftenly raze towns and create disturbances on social life of ordinary civilians in Papua. Brimob itself is one of the most heavily equipped police in Asia as it oftenly finds itself in a situation where usual paramilitary units would transfer the mission to the regular military force. Different to the Indonesian military that has been trained with better understanding on human-rights, Brimob has not been heavily criticized by the international communities and is still one of the most brutal paramilitary units in Asia.

go to hell with the Human rights-shit. Go and kill those insurgents who destroy peace in Papua

 

[nufix]

go to hell with the Human rights-shit. Go and kill those insurgents who destroy peace in Papua

that's why I think bro, those terrorists should be approached by brutal methods. They only understand violance and violance is our answer

 

[Nike]

the number of Brimob personnel is quite large (easily reach more than 150.000 to 200.000 personnel) and this years alone Police department want to raise their numbers again along with the number of regular police around 20.200 personnel for both of them, if i am not mistaken the exact number.