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01 Desember 2017 Paveway II laser guided bomb (photo : wiki) WASHINGTON - The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to Singapore for GBU-10 Paveway II Laser Guided Bomb (LGB) units; GBU-12 Paveway II LGB units; and FMU-152 or FMU-139D/B fuzes for an estimated cost of $415 million. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency delivered the required certification notifying Congress of this possible sale today. The Government of Singapore has requested to purchase forty (40) GBU-10 Paveway II Laser Guided Bomb (LGB) units, consisting of: MXU-651B/B Air Foil Groups (AFG), MAU-209C/B or MAU-169L/B Computer Control Groups (CCG), MK-84 or BLU-117B/B bomb bodies; eighty four (84) GBU-12 Paveway II LGB units, consisting of: MXU-650C/B AFG, MAU-209C/B or MAU-168L/B CCGs, MK-82 or BLU-111B/B bomb bodies; and sixty (60) FMU-152 or FMU-139D/B fuzes. Also included are AIM-120 Telemetry Kits; target drones; High-Bandwidth Compact Telemetry Module kits; exerci...

29 November 2017 Rudal Grom dan pengujian di pantai Sekerat, Sangatta, Kalimantan Timur (photos : AP, TNI AD) TNI AD – Sangatta. Pangdam VI/Mulawarman Mayjen TNI Sonhadji meninjau langsung uji coba Rudal Grom yang dilaksanakan prajurit Denarhanud Rudal 002/Bontang, di Pantai Sekarat Bengalon, Sangatta, Kalimantan Timur, Sabtu (25/11/2017). Kemampuan prajurit yang dikomandani Mayor Arh Reindi Trisetyo ini, diuji dalam mengoperasikan sekaligus menembakan senjata berat 23 mm bersama Rudal Poprad. Sebuah pesawat diterbangkan yang disimulasikan pesawat musuh memasuki kawasan vital di Indonesia. Saat pesawat memasuki udara Indonesia, langsung dilakukan deteksi untuk mengetahui tujuan pesawat memasuki kawasan terlarang di Indonesia. Kemudian, peringatan dilakukan namun diabaikan sehingga sejumlah rudal diluncurkan. “Pelucuran rudal merupakan tindakan terakhir,” terang Mayor Arh Reindi Trisetyo. Disebutkan, Rudal Grom adalah rudal jenis Short Range Air Defence alias rudal pertahanan udara jara...

14 November 2017 Kedatangan rudal Starstreak di Dumai (photos : TribunNews) TRIBUNPEKANBARU.COM,DUMAI- Prajurit Den Arhanud Rudal 004 Dumai berencana menguji unit alutsista baru dari Kementrian Pertahanan RI. Mereka bakal menjajal kemampuan rudal Starstreak pada 2018 mendatang. Mereka siap menguji kemampuan Starstreak Multi Mission System (MMS) dan Lightweight Multiple Launcher (LML). "Target pada tahun 2018, kita bisa menembakkan rudal dari Dumai. Apalagi sudah ada rencana program latihan pertahanan tempur di Dumai," ujar Dan Den Arhanud Rudal 004/Dumai, Mayor (arh) Joko Sukoyo usai menerima alutsista baru di Markas Den Arhanud Rudal, Sabtu (11/11/2017) kemarin. Menurut Joko, mereka bakal melakukan uji rudal mutakhir ini di pinggiran Kota Dumai yang menghadap laut. Mereka melakukan uji rudal MMS dan LML di kawasan Basilam Baru, Kecamatan Sungai Sembilan, Kota Dumai. Pihaknya bakal menggunakan lahan seluas dua hingga lima hektar. Ia berharap pihak pemerintah daerah bisa mendu...

14 November 2017 Rudal Pasopati (photo : Gatra) YOGYAKARTA, KOMPAS.com -Tim peluru kendali ( rudal) dari grup riset Aeronautika Universitas Gadjah Mada ( UGM) sukses melakukan uji terbang rudal penelitian generasi pertama.  Ketua penelitian Dr Gesang Nugroho mengatakan, uji terbang rudal Pasopati dilakukan di Lapangan Udara Gading, Wonosari, Yogyakarta. Uji terbang ini bekerjasama dengan Lanud Adisutjipto sebagai pengelola Lapangan Udara Gading. "Uji terbang berhasil dilakukan satu hari setelah Hari Pahlawan kemarin di Lapangan Udara Gading. Uji terbang dilakukan pada pagi hari," ucap Ketua penelitian Dr Gesang Nugroho dalam rilis yang diterima Kompas.com, Senin (13/11/2017). Gesang menyampaikan, penelitian ini didanai Kemenristekdikti. Di tahun pertama 2017, penelitian difokuskan pada desain dan manufaktur rudal dengan jarak tempuh 30 Km hingga 50 km. "Di tahun ketiga, jarak tempuh dan akurasi terus ditingkatkan mencapai target 100 km. Rudal elektrik tahun pertama ini d...

11 November 2017 Kedatangan rudal Starstreak di Denrudal 004 (photos : IMF, SpiritRiau) Detasemen Peluru Kendali TNI AD 004/Dumai terima peluru kendali STARStreak Dumai, Riau (ANTARA News) - Detasemen Artileri Pertahanan Udara Peluru Kendali 004/Dumai menerima 12 unit peluru kendali panggul/perorangan anti serangan udara STARstreak buatan Thales Air Defence, Inggris. Peluru kendali panggul ini menggantikan Rapier, buatan BAe Dinamics (kemudian MBDA), yang juga dari Inggris. Sebagai satu sistem pertahanan titik, ke-12 peluru kendali STARstreak ini juga berikut satu radar. Mereka dikirim memakai kapal kargo sipil dari Pelabuhan Tanjung Priok, Jakarta, dan disambut Komandan Artileri Pertahanan Udara Peluru Kendali 004/Dumai, Mayor (Arh) Joko Sukoyo. "Alutsista lama diproses penarikan ke pusat, dan alat baru ini dikirim ke Dumai karena menjadi prioritas dalam rencana strategis pertahanan negara," kata Sukoyo, kepada pers. Dumai merupakan salah satu kota pelabuhan yang persis berh...

10 November 2017 MBDA VL MICA air defence system (photo : MBDA) MBDA confirm the delivery of VL MICA to RTA next year. Speaking at the Defense and Security 2017, Pascal Emler, regional executive export sales of MBDA confirm that the company will deliver the VL MICA to RTA next year. "The RTA will receive two launchers - down from four - along with one command truck. The system will be working with TRML-3D/32 radar from Airbus. Right now, the system will work stand alone and we are working on the second system to RTA" said Pascal Emler. VL MICA is designed to work with various radar because the system considers radar only as a sensor. The guidance will be the work of the missile. target data update can be done if necessary and the missile shares the configuration with the air-to-air and ground-to-air version. "Our missile may cost more, but we do not need the illuminator radar and higher probability of kill which is better than ESSM that need to fire two missiles in the r...

10 November 2017 NASAMS air defence (photo : Raytheon) Milestone for new Air Defence System Minister for Defence Industry, the Hon Christopher Pyne MP, today announced a major milestone in the Short Range Ground Based Air Defence project. Minister Pyne said a $12.1 million contract has been signed with Raytheon Australia for the first stage of the project, which is worth up to $2 billion. “This will include Risk Mitigation Activities to inform the final system configuration, which will create up to 10 new jobs,” said Minister Pyne. “The year-long Risk Mitigation Activity will examine the system’s use in an Australian context.” “It’s a significant project and the work will ensure we make the right decisions to protect our troops.” “The Government has committed to the highly successful National Advanced Surface to Air Missile System (NASAMS), which will be adapted to Australian requirements.” “Importantly, this work will investigate potential capability enhancements to inform the NASAMS’...

10 November 2017 Rudal Starstreak diatas platform Uro Vamtac (photo : Dharmawan) Pangdam I/Bukit Barisan Rencanakan Tambah Kekuatan TNI Di Riau Pekanbaru (Antarariau.com) - TNI AD pada tahun ini akan menambah kekuatan tempur pertahanan udara dan darat di Provinsi Riau, di bawah kendali Komando Resort Militer 031/Wira Bima. "Rencananya pada 2017 ini," kata Panglima Kodam I/Bukit Barisan, Mayjen TNI Lodewijk Pusung, kepada Antara disela serah terima jabatan Komandan Korem 031/WB, di Pekanbaru, Rabu. Ia menjelaskan penambahan kekuatan tersebut antara lain mendirikan satu resimen Artileri Pertahanan Udara (Arhanud). TNI AD kini dalam proses mencari lahan untuk pembangunannya, bisa berlokasi di Kota Pekanbaru atau Dumai. "Saya berharap di Pekanbaru," tegas Mayjen TNI Lodewijk. Kemudian, penambahan kekuatan darat di Riau adalah meningkatkan kapasitas kompi kaveleri menjadi detasemen. Saat ini kompi kavaleri baru saja mendapat alat utama sistem pertahanan (Alutsista) dua P...

02 November 2017 Pra-uji rudal Petir di Lumajang (photo : Kemhan) Puslitbang Alpalhan Balitbang Kemhan Melaksanakan Pra Uji Rudal Petir di Lumajang Jakarta - Balitbang Kemhan dalam hal ini Puslitbang Alpalhan melaksanakan dinas ke Lumajang Jawa Timur dalam rangka pra uji rudal petir. Pra uji rudal petir dilaksanakan pada hari Sabtu tanggal 28 Oktober 2017. Acara dihadiri oleh Kapuslitbang Alpalhan Brigadir Jendral TNI Abdullah Sani, Kabag Datin Set Kolonel Inf Fatih El Amin, S.IP., M.Si., Kabid Matra Laut Puslitbang Alpalhan Ir. Indra Usmansyah dan Tim OJT serta PT Sari Bahari. Rudal petir ini dipandu dengan GPS untuk sasaran tidak bergerak. Dilengkapi fitur anti radar dan anti jamming. Rudal ini seratus persen buatan dan dikembangkan di dalam negeri, ini merupakan inovasi dan kemandirian industri pertahanan nasional. Dalam pra uji rudal petir karena tidak dilengkapi fasilitas roda, rudal petir dilontarkan lewat platform peluncur. Sementara untuk mendaratkannnya menggunakan jaring. Rud...

31 Oktober 2017 NASAMS air defence system (photo : Kongsberg) KONGSBERG has signed a contract worth 77 MUSD with the Ministry of Defence of Indonesia to supply a NASAMS air defence system. The contract comprise delivery of a complete NASAMS system with command posts, radars, launchers, radios and integration, and training and logistics support. AMRAAM missiles will be provided in a separate government-to-government agreement between Indonesia and the United States. NASAMS defends high value civilian and military assets on the ground against air threats. The inherent flexibility and modularity of NASAMS makes it a world leading solution with unique capabilities to combat modern airborne threats, as well as having the ability to integrate with a variety of different sensors and weapons. Several nations have chosen NASAMS, including Norway, Finland, The Netherlands, USA, Spain, Oman and now Indonesia. “We are very pleased that Indonesia, as the first nation in its region, chooses NASAMS f...

31 Oktober 2017 T38 Stiletto is a unique and extremely low-altitude air defense system (photo : Baodatviet, Tetraedr) Vietnam has just visited the Republic of Belarus Tetraedr Research and Production Complex . This Belarusian defense enterprise is our close partner. In addition to the S-125-2TM modernization package, Tetraedr has continued to cooperate with Vietnam to upgrade many weapons systems under Soviet rule. Besides, it's possible that your side will also be offering us new advanced defense units built by Tetraedr. The T38 Stiletto mobile low-altitude air defense system developed by Tetraedr is the ultimate solution for low-level defense combat. This is a closed-loop weaponry designed to protect important ground targets against enemy air attacks. T38 Stiletto eliminates the most advanced hi-tech guided missiles at medium and low altitudes with a radar reflective area (RCS) of only 0.03 m2, which independently performs the specified operation. Target, move, pause as well as r...

28 Oktober 2017 Korea Tactical Surface to Surface Missile (KTSSM) at the ADEX 2017. (photos : Defence Blog) South Korea’s Hanwha Systems displayed its new tactical surface-to-surface missile, called KTSSM and known as artillery killer. The Korea Tactical Surface-to-Surface Missile (KTSSM) is a new type of ballistic guided weapon system. The missile has a range of over 120 kilometres. The tactical ground-guided weapon, which was first publicly released this time, has four missiles in one fixed launch pad. Four missiles are launched in succession. It is regarded as a powerful weapon system capable of neutralizing the enemy ‘s gunfire in the shortest time in the emergency. The KTSSM can penetrate underground targets with its powerful warhead. The new missiles can provide South Korea’s military with the capacity to destroy hardened artillery sites equipped with hundreds of long-range guns. ( Defence Blog )