SHAH ALAM: The Indonesian military today confirmed that missing submarine KRI Nanggala has sunk following the discovery of items believed from the vessel. A scan also showed a possible wreck of the submarine wreck at a depth of 850m. From CNA BALI: There is evidence that the missing Indonesian KRI […]
SHAH ALAM: AS hinted in my LMS piece, I was in Indonesia last week for a business trip. Specifically I was attending the Indo Defence Show and Forum 2016 which ran from Nov. 2 to 5. I went to the show to look for stories for my other jobs as […]
PETALING JAYA: IT appears that Indonesia is set to follow on its second-hand F-16 deal with the procurement of surplus weapons from European countries, if the news story below is correct. We have not made similar moves, not that I heard off, to source second hand arms neither ships, planes […]
* Edited to add the view of Tim Huxley. PETALING JAYA: Political scientist Farish A.Noor has opened a can of worms today by claiming that Indonesia had tipped the balance of the military equation by “operationalising” the Yakhont supersonic missile recently. He claimed the ship-based Yakhont gave Indonesia an offensive […]
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