Indonesia Buys Chinese Missile for Warships

 The Indonesian Navy (TNI AL) will use C-705 missiles from China in its locally-made fast missile boats (KCR). According to plan, 16 KCR-40 warships manufactured in Batam by PT Palindo Marine will be equipped with the missiles.

"The contract had been signed, the missiles are expected to arrive in 2014," First Admiral Untung Suropati, Chief of Information Center for TNI AL, told Tempo on Monday, January 28.

In accordance with Law No.16/2012, the government will cooperate in technology transfer in the purchasing scheme. With the scheme, it is expected that three domestic factories: PT. Pindad, Lapan, and PT. Indonesian Aerospace, will be able to manufacture their own missiles.

Earlier, the Director General of Defense Potential at the Defense Ministry, Pos Batubara, said that he was negotiating a technology transfer contract with China's manufacturers. He ascertained that local producers will be involved in the process. "We hope to be able to produce the missile ourselves," he said.

Indonesia-China hold defense consultation meeting

Indonesia and China have again staged a consultation meeting to improve the two countries` relations and cooperation in the field of security and defense.

The Indonesia-China Defense Consultation Forum at the People`s Liberation Army (PLA) Headquarters was the fifth since 2007.

Indonesia`s delegation was led by deputy minister of defense Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin while the Chinese delegation was led by PLA`s deputy chief of general staff Lieutenant General Qi Jian`guo.

The meeting discussed development of the defense cooperation agreement made by the two countries in the framework of strategic partnership in April 2005.

Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin said that the meeting was initially scheduled on November 2012 but it was then postponed due to a process of leadership change in that country in the month.

Meanwhile "we also had an important agenda in that month namely a leadership meeting which had only ended yesterday," he added.

After the Defense Consultation Forum was agreed Indonesia and China had conducted various cooperation activities such as a joint exercise between the Indonesian army and the PLA special force, exchange of officers of the two countries` military education institutions including the University of Defense.

Some Aircraft T-50 TNI AU Allocated As for Aerobatic

Aircraft T-50 TNI AU and color scheme Blue Eagle aerobatic team (all photos: Chosun)

Site Chosun on January 3, 2013 then download the latest photos from T-50 TNI AU has finished assembled. Subsequently the aircraft will enter test flight / flight test prior to submission to the Government of Indonesia.

Indonesia has sign the contract worth 400 million USD in 2011 for the provision of air skadron or 16 T-50 aircraft. Aircraft delivery schedule is planned to be done in this 2013.


Aircraft T-50 Golden Eagle aircraft will replace the position of Hawk Mk-53 as more trained jet fighter aircraft in Skadron 15 Iswahjudi, Madison, East Java. When in 2013 Hawk Mk-53 aircraft made ​​this British BAE will dipensiunkan then the airplane was used operationally for 32 years within the TNI AU, because the aircraft comes in 1981, so a long trip devotion for this aircraft.

Air Skadron (Skadud) 15 is a Tactical Combat skadron as he was Hawk Mk-53 as well as more trained aircraft, also have a ground offensive combat capability (ground attack). Previous Hawk Mk-53 Wing located at 103 Skadik Education (Wingdik) 1 Lanud Adisucipto, Jogjakarta. Skadik 103 managed to move the location to Lanud Iswahjudi albeit Lanud organization into alignment Adi Sucipto, but in 1999 until now Hawk Mk-53 included in the 15 Combat Tactical Air Skadron under the same Iswahjudi Lanud, Madison.

Indonesia to buy six Su-30MK2 aircraft

Russia's Vnesheconombank (VEB) has granted a loan to Indonesia of $ 399.5 million to finance the purchase of six Su-30MK2 fighters and Russian support materials (source: BSR).

The credit will be granted for a period of seven years after the agency Russian arms export, Rosoboronexport, which will provide the aircraft.

This is the second loan provided by the bank VEB to the Ministry of Finance of Indonesia over the past two years. It is the result of a call for tenders issued by the Indonesian Ministry of Finance to finance the purchase of fighter aircraft.

The six aircraft will be the second squadron of Su-30MK Flanker purchased by Indonesia. The aircraft entered service in the late 1990s and initially operated in the Indian Air Force has acquired fifty aircraft. It is also in service in China, Malaysia and Algeria.