Indonesia intends to purchase 112 Sukhoi fighters by 2024

Su 30 Mk2 TNI AU

Indonesian Ministry of Defense (MoD) intends to form eight squadrons operating Sukhoi fighters by 2024. Each squadron will operate 16 jets, Lenta.ru reports with reference to Jakarta Globe. It was stated by the Indonesian Air Force Commander, Ida Bagus Putu Dunia.

The Indonesian air forces have already taken delivery of 16 Su-27SK/SKM and Su-30MK/MK2 jets (the last two fighters were delivered to Indonesia in early September 2013). In other words Indonesia may purchase up to 112 new jets over the next decade.

Corvettes and OPVs: Offshore Investments

In assessing the region’s capabilities in the Corvette/Offshore Patrol Vessel (C/OPV) market the most important question is what is the difference between these two platforms, and what makes these two diverse vessel types exceptional?

by Ted Hooten

The question can best be understood by looking at Malaysia. To meet its New Generation Patrol vessel (NGPV) requirement the Royal Malaysian Navy selected the Blohm & Voss MEKO 100 design as the ‘Kedah’ class. They seem to be OPVs at first sight for their armament consists of a 76mm (three-inch) gun and a 30mm (one inch) gun but they feature a sophisticated combat management system, an electro-optical director, a chaff launcher and are equipped to operate surface-to-surface missiles, surface-to-air missiles and an electronic warfare suite. These are not installed but it was recently revealed that Kuala Lumpur now intends adding anti-ship missile systems to them. They are rated in the naval bible, Jane’s Fighting Ships as corvettes and will be joined by DCNS ‘Gowind’ class ships ordered last year from France’s DCNS with the first example to be delivered in 2017. The French Navy operates one as an OPV but the design can be used as a corvette and Malaysia intends operating them in this role.

OPV-type platforms can be used as corvettes for both are generally around the 1,000-2,000 tonne mark but the OPV is more a law-enforcement platform. It is designed to protect a nation’s resources within the Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZ) extending some 200 nautical miles (370 kilometres) from shore and also to assert national sovereignty and law while providing a search and rescue as well as an environmental protection capability with some having a hydrographic survey capability. Compared with a corvette it tends to be slower but with higher endurance often operating a helicopter while some have sophisticated command and communications systems to interact with foreign agencies, but they are generally armed with nothing larger than a 76mm gun. The corvette is a surface combatant usually optimised for Anti-Surface Warfare (ASuW) and featuring surface-to-surface missiles and consequently it has more sophisticated sensors than the OPV with higher speeds for rapid transit or manoeuvres.

The largest OPV operators in Asia are China, India and Japan, which have to secure green or blue water interests, while a number of countries such as Indonesia rely on their surface combatants in the offshore role. This can sometimes ratchet up tension in times of crisis, such as the recent confrontation off Borneo between Malaysia and Indonesia, while the OPV acts as a less threatening platform.

TANK MBT OPLOT, MODIFIKASI DARI TANK UTAMA RUSIA ALA UKRAINA



Gambar Tank T84 Aka Oplot".

KIEV : Negara Ukraina adalah salah satu negara serumpun Rusia yang terletak  bersebelahan dengan negara Rusia, saking dekatnya kekerabatan Negara Rusia dan Ukraina ini, bisa di bilang adik & kakak walaupun negara Ukraina lebih kecil  dari Russia. Tapi, Berbicara masalah pertahanan dan keamanan negara ukraina malah memilih jalur independen atau memilih membuat sendiri ketimbang bergantung dari kakaknya Rusia.

Salah satu rancangan negara Ukraina adalah Tank tempur utama yang di beri nama “Oplot” atau T-84M sebenarnya asal muasal tank ini hasil modifikasi dari Tank T-80UD rancangan Soviet sekarang Rusia, namun Ukraina menambahkan beberapa teknologi terbaru untuk menambah daya gempur tank dibawah naungan Kharkiv Morozov Machine Building Design Bureau bermarkas di Kharkiv, Ukraina

Perbedaan mendasar Hasil rancangan Tank Ukraina terletak pada penggunaan baja reaktif generasi terbaru bernama Nozh 2 yang diklaim lebih unggul dari perlindungan baja reaktif asal Russia (Kontakt 5 armor ERA) dalam melindungi serangan RPG atau hulu ledak tandem, serta beberapa peralatan canggih lainnya seperti Shtora countermeasures system dan  Zaslon active protection system dalam mengurangi kemungkinan terkena Rudal ATGM (Anti Tank Guided Missile).

KASAL : Kapal Selam Hibah Dari Kelas Kilo Dengan Kemampuan Rudal

Kepala Staf Angkatan Laut Laksamana Marsetio.

JAKARTA : Kepala Staf Angkatan Laut Laksamana Marsetio mengatakan pemerintah belum menentukan sikap atas tawaran hibah sejumlah kapal selam dari Rusia. 

Pernyataan ini disampaikan KASAL usai melakukan kunjungan ke Rusia bersama Kementerian Pertahanan, untuk pembicaraan awal tentang tawaran hibah tersebut.

Laksamana Marsetio mengatakan, selain membicarakan urusan hibah, perwakilan Indonesia juga melihat kondisi dan kemampuan kapal selam Rusia. “Yang ditawarkan kapal selam Kilo Class,” ujar Marsetio di kantor Kementerian Pertahanan, Jakarta, Selasa, 1 Oktober 2013.

Marsetio menyebut kapal selam Kilo Class Rusia mempunyai kemampuan bagus dan kapal selam produksi 1990-2000-an itu tergolong canggih.

Gadjah Mada University Students fly unmanned aircraft

YOGYAKARTA - Members of Flying Object Research Center (FORCE) studying mechanical engineering from Gadjah Mada University flew an unmanned aircraft called Camar Biru (Blue Seagull) on Wednesday.

UGM FORCE team consists of eight students and three lecturers. The small unmanned aircraft is able to fly for 15 minutes at the height of 200 meters. During take off, this aircraft was flown by remote control. It followed line of track as programmed via Global Positioning System (GPS).