TNI's Latest Alutsista, This Is 5 Updated

YOGYAKARTA - The above sentence is a Latin proverb that is often expressed by the Minister of Defense (Menhan) Prabowo Subianto on various occasions. During his leadership, the former Danjen Kopassus continued to try to modernize the main weapon method (Alutsista) of the TNI worthy of the Minimum Essential Force (MEF) program. He said there was the latest TNI defense equipment.

Until the end of 2021, various sophisticated and modern defense equipment have strengthened the TNI's combat fleet starting from the Army (AD), Navy (AL) or Air Force (AU). With the defense equipment owned by the TNI at this time, Global Firepower said that Indonesia's military power was ranked 16th in the world.

In addition to the defense equipment that has been received by the TNI, Prabowo has also directed several other sophisticated defense equipment such as Airbus-made A400 M tankers, United States. Then, the frigate warships made by Fincantieri, Italy. Including Rantis Maung, as many as 500 units and the Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV) and 90 meters OPV.

Fast Missile Ship (KCR)

The Fast Missile Ship (KCR) is a warship produced by the domestic defense industry. This ship made by PT PAL Indonesia (Persero) will strengthen the Indonesian Navy's (AL) combat fleet. The warship, named KRI Kampak, was launched by Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto on Week, December 5, 2021.

This warship is included in the Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV) group. With its size not too large, this ship is able to maneuver and move quickly to pursue foreign ships that violate Indonesian marine territory.

Tank Carrier

Minister of Defense (Menhan) Prabowo Subianto handed over two Landing Ship Tanks (LST) or Tank Transport Ships-8 and AT-9 to the Chief of Naval Staff (KSAL) Admiral Yudo Margono at the PT Bandar Abadi Station, Batam, Riau Islands, Tuesday, October 26, 2021.

The two ships made by the nation's son were given the names KRI Teluk Weda-526 and KRI Teluk Wondama-527. The name KRI Teluk Weda-526 is taken from the name of a bay located in Central Halmahera, Central Weda District, North Maluku which is familiar with the aesthetics of its underwater park.

The name KRI Teluk Wondama-527 is taken from the name of the bay in the area of the Bird's Head of Papua Island. The Gulf is considered a floating paradise because of its natural aesthetics next to Raja Ampat. The two warships have an overall length of 117 meters, a width of 16.40 meters, and a height of 7.80 meters.

Both have a maximum speed of 16 knots.

This ship also has an endurance for 20 days and is crewed by 111 crew. Then, the two tank transport ships were also able to carry 367 soldiers, 15 BMP-3F tanks and a helicopter unit.

Bell Attack Helicopter 412EPI

The Army (AD) got a Bell 412EPI helicopter. The helicopter made by PT Dirgantara Indonesia PT DI has a number of advantages that can support the operational tasks of TNI AD soldiers. This assault helicopter, which will be operated by Squadron 11/Serbu, adds to the collection of helicopters owned by the Army Aviation Center (Puspenerbad).

The advantage of this helicopter is that it is capable of carrying 15 people with details of 1 pilot and 14 passengers. This helicopter is also equipped with two PT6T-9 twin pad machines which have 13% greater take off power than the other 412 Bell engines. Another advantage of this helicopter is full glass chicken, AFCS 4-axis and is equipped with a GTling gun automatic weapon.

Taktis Vehicle (Rantis) Maung

Minister of Defense (Menhan) Prabowo Subianto handed over 40 rantis Maung for the Army (AD). The vehicle made by PT Pindad will be applied to strengthen the operational tasks of TNI AD soldiers in all parts of Indonesia. The advantages of Maung's rantis include being able to hit difficult terrains and being able to operate off asphalt roads. Not only that, Maung is also consistently operated on asphalt roads and is able to maneuver very well.

Rantis Maung has a safe speed of 120 Km/hour, manual transmission of 6 speeds and is able to reach a distance of up to 800 km. Maung can be equipped with a 7.62 mm automatic weapon braket, SS2-V4 console, navigation GPS device and vehicle tracker and other equipment.

Canadian-made 505 Train Helicopter

Not only the two warships above, but the Indonesian Navy also received two units of the 505 Single Engine Bell Training Helicopter at the Apron Museum of Aviation, Juanda, Sidoarjo, East Java, Wednesday, December 8, 2021. Both helicopters are components of the modernization of the TNI AL Aviation Center (Puspenerbal) defense equipment. The helicopter that will strengthen the 200 Air Wing Squadron 2 Puspenerbal is wanted to be able to produce reliable Indonesian Navy pilots.

This handover is history after almost 20 years that the Indonesian Navy has only had the latest training aircraft. Previously, the Indonesian Navy had a Colibri variation training helicopter since 2002. It is planned that in the near future there will be 2 more helicopters that are currently under construction.

The helicopter, which was optimized by Bell Textron Canada, was handed over by the Director of PT. Atamora Teknik Makmur, Deritary of the Head of the Indonesian Navy Procurement Service (Kadisadal) Admiral TNI Maman Rohman. From Kadisadal it was handed over to the Assistant Logistics (Aslog) of the KSAL Admiral TNI Puguh Santoso and then handed over to the Puspenerbal Commander Admiral TNI Edwin.

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