Defense Minister Prabowo Reviews Missile Laboratory At UAD Yogyakarta

Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto shortly after seeing the missile laboratory room at Ahmad Dahlan University (UAD) Yogyakarta. Friday (14/7/2023). ANTARA/Hery Sidik.

YOGYAKARTA - Minister of Defense (Menhan) Prabowo Subianto accompanied by the General Chairperson of the Muhammadiyah Central Executive Haedar Nashir inspected the missile laboratory (missile) developed at Campus 4 Ahmad Dahlan University (UAD), Bantul Regency, Yogyakarta Special Region.

"Muhammadiyah is an organization that has a huge influence and its services in the field of education," Prabowo said at a press conference on the sidelines of a visit to the Yogyakarta UAD Campus as reported by ANTARA, Friday, July 14.

Therefore, Prabowo said, the Ministry of Defense (Kemhan) feels very interested in establishing a close cooperation with Muhammadiyah universities, one of which is the UAD Yogyakarta which has developed a missile laboratory.

"In this UAD there are several study programs (Prodi), such as MIPA, Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics which are very important for the defense industry. And it was explained earlier that there was a development of guided missiles with PT. Dahana and us, the Ministry of Defense," he said.

Thus, said Prabowo, the Ministry of Defense will also ask for support from Muhammadiyah universities, as well as support if there are scholars or technology experts from Muhammadiyah universities to become consultants.

"And it can be a temporary expert, not structural. We ask for help maybe to help us for two months or three months and so on. We will look for this form of cooperation later," he said.

Prabowo also said that the Ministry of Defense and Muhammadiyah had agreed to continue a more technical discussion, and wanted to conduct a joint study to find out how to implement what had been built by the Joko Widodo Government.

"We want to accelerate and improve that implementation, so that we don't always go back to zero, and always look for shapes and we continue to direct them to be more efficient and so on," he said.

Meanwhile, Chairman of the Muhammadiyah Central Executive (PP) Haedar Nashir said that the Yogyakarta UAD had special guests who used to interact and stay in touch, namely Prabowo Subianto as Minister of Defense.

"And why at Ahmad Dahlan University? That is because on the ninth floor there is research on the best UAD work, namely anti-aircraft missiles that are quite strategic, whose test process is already in Lumajang, East Java, and we are working with PT. Dahana, and the Ministry of Defense, so today he visited the agenda," he said.