Indonesian Army and Pakistan Army Conduct Joint Exercise for The First Time

[Areesh]

Great news. Should have been done earlier. Indonesia is a natural ally for Pakistan

Anyways good development

 

[Indos]

However, I will focus on the broader cooperation especially in defence and science. Indonesia has good experienced aerospace industry i.e. RIAT. Especially in the developing civilian transport airplanes: light to medium and regional airplanes. While Pakistan has good experience with JF17 and now project Azm (which is an umbrella for multiple projects).

Similarly, space is another area in which both nations can cooperate. Naval structures and design of different naval vessels both surface and subsurface can help.

@Indos bro can you please list the core competencies of Indonesian R&D setup? then we can match and think about possibilities (No stress, take your time and update when you have time and tag me so I get the notification)

According to me, our R&D is still lack of funding and the core competencies of our R&D is in aviation and remote sensing (particularly because we have world class expert on this area). There is nothing special about Indonesia R&D except in those two sector. Other sectors are average just like the fact that we can build rocket but only can reach 140 km, we can build a satellite, but a micro ones, we can build radar but not too sophisticated like AESA, we can build assault riffle but many countries are also able to do so.

Talking about aviation, we are now developing our capabilities into Stealth fighter jet. As you know, our biggest running R&D program right now is KFX/IFX fighter, and Today there are 114 Indonesian engineer (mostly young) working in Korea for that expensive defense project. If we continue the program, we will improve our engineers capability and experience in designing a stealth fighter, inshaAllah. According to the plan, there will be a KFX/IFX prototype that will be owned by Indonesian Aerospace so our engineer will have a test bed which is essential if we want to develop the fighter further or build a new one.

What is in my head is that in the future Indonesia, Pakistan, and Turkey may have a plan to build a new fighter together. I predict it may come true after 2040. Beside that, collaboration among Muslim countries in developing a jet engine is also inside my mind.

 

[war&peace]

The reason why military exercise between two countries are conducted just recently (2016, 2017, 2018 for Navy Special Force and 2019 for Army Special Force) is because Indonesia was under Soeharto for 32 years. Most part of his ruling he dislike Islamist and as we all know this type of person dont have a strong sentiment of Muslim brotherhood, so he doesnt see cooperation with other Muslim countries as something special unless with Malaysia and Brunei due to regional closeness, although he always support Palestine and appoint Arab Indonesian men as foreign minister.

That was a very strange and non-productive line of thinking because PA has always been a professional army and renowned for this fighting capabilities and strict discipline around the world and its cooperation has not been limited to Muslim countries only rather PA has a vast experience of working with non-Muslim militaries as well... so I would say his thinking deprived Indonesian army of an opportunity to learn become better. But anyways, now it has been corrected and I hope the cooperation will flourish at a pace to make up for the time lost

According to me, our R&D is still lack of funding and the core competencies of our R&D is in aviation and remote sensing (particularly because we have world class expert on this area). There is nothing special about Indonesia R&D except in those two sector. Other sectors are average just like the fact that we can build rocket but only can reach 140 km, we can build a satellite, but a micro ones, we can build radar but not too sophisticated like AESA, we can build assault riffle but many countries are also able to do so.

In fact, the lack of resources both financial and human necessitates collaborations. Both countries will bring something different to the table and then combined teams and finances will fill the gaps. All it needs is a vision and commitment by the political leaderships of the respective countries. And this cooperation has not to remain bilateral concern rather more countries can be invited to join while the teams keep working... and a proper framework should be in place that brings the new candidates up to the speed before they can join.

 

[gangsta_rap]

Glad to hear that the Kopassus are involved. Those men really know how to fight!!!

 

[DESERT FIGHTER]

Not the first time, specially for the Naval SF.

Army exercises are rare between us.. previously limited to multinational joint exercises.

 

[Pakistan Space Agency]

Masha'Allah, very good news.

 

[Imran Khan]

nice to see our forces have new friends