03 Januari 2019
Dome radar di Satrad 242 Biak (photo : MyLesat)
Selasa, 5 Desember 2017, empat pesawat militer berbendera Rusia itu akhirnya mendarat di Bandara Frans Kaisiepo, Kabupaten Biak Numfor, Provinsi Papua. Masing-masing dua pesawat angkut Ilyushin Il-76MD serta dua pembom jarak jauh Tupolev Tu-95 Bear.
Pengatur lalu lintas (ATC) Bandara sempat dibuat kaget ketika mendapat laporan bahwa pesawat Rusia akan mendarat di Biak.
“Saat pesawat Rusia ke sini Desember 2017, melintasi khatulistiwa pertama kali. Radar sipil tidak bisa menangkap karena (pesawat militer) tidak nyalakan transponder, jadi radar sipil minta bantuan kita untuk deteksi pesawat Rusia,” ujar Komandan Satuan Radar (Satrad) 242 Tanjung Warari, Biak, Letkol Lek Eko Patra Teguh, S.T beberapa waktu lalu.
Kejadian tahun lalu itu, seperti dikutip id.rbth.com, adalah kali pertama dalam sejarah dua pengebom jarak jauh Tu-95MS melintasi Samudra Pasifik untuk menuju negara kepulauan terbesar di dunia yang berada di khatulistiwa.
Kisah ini membuktikan pentingnya keberadaan Satuan Radar di wilayah Indonesia timur. Radar sesuai fungsinya, ibarat pagar imajiner yang menutupi sebuah wilayah sesuai kemampuannya.
“Kami satuan pelaksana di bawah Kosek Hanudnas IV, kami mengoperasikan radar Master-T untuk melakukan deteksi dini, pengendalian intersepsi pesawat tempur sergap dan pesawat sergap low speed dalam rangkap operasi pertahanan udara,” tutur Letkol Eko.
Komando Sektor Pertahanan Udara (Kosek Hanudnas) IV membawahi empat satuan radar. Yaitu Satrad 242, Satrad 243 Timika, Satrad 244 Merauke, dan Satrad 245 Saumlaki. Keempat Satrad ini sudah menggunakan radar yang sama, yaitu Master-T buatan Perancis.
“Posisi kita di atas Papua di Pulau Biak, di ujung timur Biak. Adanya di Tanjung Warari, aslinya disebut Tanjung Barari namun karena penyebutan lama-lama jadi Warari,” jelas Eko soal penamaan kampung ini.
Radar Master-T TNI AU (photo : Kohanudnas)
Posisi radar ini cukup jauh dari Kota Biak, yaitu 60 kilometer.
Mylesat.com berkesempatan mengunjungi Satrad 242 bersama belasan wartawan Ibukota dalam kegiatan Press Tour Media Dirgantara 2018 yang digelar Dinas Penerangan TNI AU di Lanud Manuhua, Biak, Papua selama dua hari (13-14 Desember 2018).
“Ini tempat yang paling rahasia, beruntung teman-teman bisa masuk ke sini dengan leluasa,” ujar Komandan Lanud Manuhua, Biak, Marsma TNI Fajar Adriyanto yang mendampingi awak media.
Perjalanan darat ke Satrad ditempuh sekitar 1,5 jam. Jalan berkelok-kelok dan menyusuri pantai, menemani perjalanan ke Satrad 242. Posisi Satrad 242 berada persis di ujung jalan, jalan mentok, kemudian berbelok ke kiri. Tamu akan disambut pos pengamanan yang dijaga anggota Paskhas TNI AU.
Tidak ada pemukiman di sekitar Satrad 242. Hanya kicauan burung di hutan dan deburan ombak yang menemani mereka. Satrad 242 benar-benar berada di tengah hutan di sebuah ketinggian. “Kampung terdekat 10 km dari Satrad,” ujar Fajar.
Kebetulan sekali saat itu aliran listrik sedang padam karena tiang listrik tumbang dihantam pohon. Alhasil rekan-rekan wartawan pun berjuang untuk mendapatkan sinyal handphone. Sementara operasional Satrad 242 tidak terpengaruh karena mendapat pasokan listrik dari genset.
Dengan empat Satrad yang beroperasi di wilayah Kosek Hanudnas IV, otomatis tidak ada lagi celah yang bisa disusupi penerbangan gelap. Master-T yang dioperasikan Satrad 242 pun memiliki cakupan luas. Ke timur hampir menjangkau Jayapura, bahkan overlap dengan radar Timika.
“Coverage kami yang riil, ya, saat kedatangan bomber Rusia itu. Karena misinya militer jadi tidak mengaktifkan transponder, tapi radar kami bisa menangkapnya,” ungkap Eko.
Kepada para wartawan, Eko pun sedikit memberikan pembekalan tentang cara kerja radar militer master-T.
“Kalau radar militer, mau (transponder) diaktifkan atau tidak, asal lewat pasti tertangkap,” kata Eko.
Radar militer aktif seperti Master-T, cara kerjanya adalah memancarkan sinyal dan kemudian menerima pantulannya untuk diproses. Sementara radar sipil modelnya seperti tanya jawab.
Radar Master-T memiliki kemampuan tiga dimensi dan menyediakan data lengkap kondisi pesawat. Kemampuan early warning-nya hingga 240 Nm, berkemampuan GCI (ground control interception) sehingga mampu mengendalikan pesawat tempur kawan menuju target.
Begitu pula kemampuan scanning, Master-T termasuk yang terbaik. Jika ada obstacle, scan mode-nya akan menyesuaikan.
Satuan Radar 242 Biak (photo : MyLesat)
Paling hebat lagi adalah kejeliannya dalam mendeteksi target alias high resolution. Jika formasi F-15 Eagle dan F-16 Fighting Falcon Israel begitu rapat hingga terdeteksi hanya satu pesawat saat menyerang Osirak di Irak pada 7 Juni 1981, dipastikan tidak akan berhasil jika teknologi high resolution sudah ditemukan.
“Sangat jeli sehingga bisa mendeteksi pesawat yang terbang formasi, jika formasi terlalu dekat Master-T tetap bisa deteksi berapa pesawat, bukan menjadi satu pesawat seperti radar dulu,” urai Eko sambil menambah bahwa Master-T juga memiliki kemampuan antijamming.
Satrad 242 adalah satuan radar pertama yang dibangun TNI AU di wilayah Papua. Untuk radar Master-T sendiri, juga yang pertama digunakan oleh TNI AU.
Mulai beroperasi sejak 2005, Marsma Fajar mengaku sempat ditugaskan membawa F-16 ke Biak untuk menguji kesiapan Master-T.
“Tahun 2006 saya ke sini terbang untuk menguji radar ini, apakah berfungsi dengan baik atau belum,” jelasnya.
Karena posisinya berada di atas Papua, maka Satrad 242 bertanggung jawab menjamin tidak ada penerbangan gelap dari utara.
Dengan telah lengkapnya tergelar radar di wilayah Papua, maka PR pemerintah tinggal menempatkan skadron udara terutama skadron tempur di wilayah Papua.
Sehingga setiap ada upaya penerobosan wilayah udara nasional secara ilegal, TNI AU bisa melakukan penindakan langsung dengan menerbangkan pesawat tempur.
Fajar mencontohkan saat mengejar F/A-18 Hornet yang berpangkalan di kapal induk bermanuver di atas Bawean, ia harus menggenjot F-16 hingga kecepatan maksimal agar bisa tiba di lokasi secepat mungkin.
“Saya ngejar Hornet sampai Mach 1 karena scramble dan harus cepat tiba di lokasi. Makanya di Papua harus ada skadron tempur,” ungkap Fajar yang pernah menjadi Komandan Skadron Udara 3 Lanud Iswahjudi, Madiun.
(MyLesat)
03 Januari 2019
RTAF U-1 Unmanned Aerial System by Thai company RV Connex (photo : AAG)
Royal Thai Navy has announced to RV Connex Co., Ltd. (RV Connex) Thailand to win the selection of the purchase of an unmanned aircraft system (UAV) for a project to develop a long-term maritime surveillance project with a total of 109,600 Baht ($ 3,355,654).
Earlier in the year 2017 The Royal Thai Air Force has ordered the supply of 16 unmanned aircraft systems RTAF U-1 UAV with ground control station system, which is based on the Sky Scout tactical unmanned aircraft system of Thai Connex RV Company.
It is one of the supporting sectors of the Thai Navy's for defence industry, by the Royal Thai Navy has developed and procured many unmanned aerial vehicles systems that have been developed in Thailand for continuous use.
(AAG)
03 Januari 2019
Armored medical evacuation vehicle Didgori AMEV (MEDEVAC) produced by the State Military Scientific-Technical Center Delta of the Ministry of Defense of Georgia (photo : Delta STC)
Georgian web resource scout-thedeaddistrict.blogspot.com reported that Director General of the State Military Science and Technology Center Delta of the Georgian Ministry of Defense Ucha Dzidzuashvili, speaking on December 27, 2018, on the results of this enterprise’s work in 2018, said, in addition to in other words, that a contract has been signed with Indonesia for the supply of the Georgian made-up Didgori armored medical evacuation vehicles produced by the Delta STC.
“A contract has been signed, an advance payment has been made and work is underway,” said Ucha Dzidzuashvili. Details of the contract were not disclosed.
Thus, if this information is confirmed, Indonesia became the second customer of the Georgian Didgori AMEV (Armored Medical Evacuation Vehicle) armored medical evacuation vehicle, made on the basis of the Didgori 2 armored car with 4x4 wheel formula, after Saudi Arabia.
Recall that the Delta SEC signed a contract in December 2015 for the supply to the Ministry of Defense of Saudi Arabia following the results of the international tender "more than 100" Didgori armored medical machines worth about $ 100 million. already January 30, 2016 Saudi troops during the military intervention in Yemen.
Digdori AMEV (photo : Delta STC)
In the mentioned speech on December 27, 2018, Ucha Dzidzuashvili also stated that Delta Scientific and Technical Center received an additional contract for the supply of medical armored vehicles to Saudi Arabia and that "the work is being carried out in accordance with the schedule."
The Didgori AMEV armored medical evacuation vehicle developed by Delta STC is the result of processing and upgrading the Didgori 2 armored car design and also performed on the chassis of the Ford F-550 commercial pickup truck with 4x4 wheel configuration. The production of AMEV medical machines, as well as Didgori’s armored vehicles, is organized at the production site of Tbilaviamsheni (Tbilisi Aviation Plant) enterprise, which is under the control of SEC Delta. It should be noted that, possibly, the Didgori 1/2 basic armored car is actually a non-Georgian development design and, presumably, was designed for a Georgian order by a foreign company.
According to official data STC "Delta", armored medical evacuation machine AMEV has an empty mass of 8200 kg and a total combat weight of 9800 kg. Machine length 6553 mm, overall width 2393 mm, clearance 500 mm. The crew of two people in the transport compartment can transport four lying injured on a stretcher. The machine is equipped with a 356 hp diesel engine. (Presumably International MaxxForce 7, installed on diesel versions of the Ford F-550 "second generation") and is capable of a maximum speed of 120 km / h on the highway and a range of up to 500 km on the highway. The armored hull is made with a spaced booking system made of modern, highly durable steel armor Armox 500T + by the Swedish company SSAB and allegedly provides a circular level of ballistic protection BR7 + according to the European standard EN1063 (level BR7 - protection against a bullet of 7.62 × 51 mm NATO cartridge from a distance of 10 m) . Declared the introduction of elements of mine protection.
(BMPD)
02 Januari 2019
Brahmos land based version (photo : defencetalk)
Just before the year ended, the Philippine Navy and Department of National Defense had another meeting with officials from BrahMos Aerospace Corporation in Manila, which is related to their offer of the BrahMos land-based anti-ship missile system. This is to fulfill an upcoming requirement for the Land Based Anti-Ship Missile System acquisition project under the 2nd List of Horizon 2 phase of the RAFPMP.
Our sources also indicated that President Duterte himself is supportive of this project and also prefers India's offer, as he was presented of the system during his visit to India in 2018.
Last August 2018, MaxDefense also reported a workshop held in Manila between DND, PN, and Brahmos officials, still related to their offer to sell the Brahmos LBMS (Land Based Missile System).
But this doesn't mean Brahmos is already selected. The project's Technical Working Group and the Navy's leadership will still be evaluating other offers to be made by other countries or companies.
(MaxDefense)
02 Januari 2019
HTMS Tachin FFG-471 modified from Korean Gwanggaeto destroyer (all photos : Richard Yip)
The Royal Thai Navy's latest destroyer, the HTMS Tachin (FFG-471) on its way back from Korea, will visit a host of Asian countries, with the first stop. The first is Hong Kong.
Reportedly, HTMS Tachin (FFG-471) is one of the two DW 3000F class warships built by South Korea's Daewoo Marine Group for the Royal Thai Navy . And in the process of returning home this ship with a visit to some Asian countries. Images of HTMS Tachin visited Hong Kong to get essentials on December 26 last.
Accordingly, HTMS Tachin is the first new DW 3000F class in Korea, and the second class of this class is expected to be built by Thailand under the technology transfer from Daewoo.
Although the process of transferring HTMS Tachin was slow, but with the current South Korean route to Thailand, it is likely that the Thai Navy will still receive the destroyer on 6 January 2019 in accordance plan.
It is known that the DW 3000F destroyer was modified by Daewoo from Gwanggaeto's Korean destroyer class, the HTMS Tachin ship was launched by Korea in early 2017 and after a year it completed sea trials and was available. ready to join the Royal Thai Navy.
These are stealth shafts, possessing extremely advanced technology and a huge array of weapons including a 76mm cannon and a 20mm Phalanx high-speed cannon for close-range defenses.
HTMS Tachin's missile power includes 8 vertical Mk.41 launchers with the ability to deploy missiles such as the RIM-162 ESSM or SM-2 or VL-ASROC and the 8 Harpoon anti-ship missile system.
In addition, the ship is also equipped with 4 324mm Mark 54 type torpedo tubes designed and manufactured by the US.
Besides the above weapons system, the HTMS Tachin is also equipped with a helicopter flight deck behind the stern and can carry a naval helicopter.
HTMS Tachin entered Da Nang port Vietnam, on December 31, for three days visit, the ship will continue the journey on the way home on Januari, 3 2019. .
(KienThuc)
02 Januari 2019
UK currently has two military facilities in Southeast Asia. In Brunei they placed a battalion of Gurkha infantry and parachutists. They also held war training in the forest for the British Army and Marine Corps. The UK also has armed forces facilities in Singapore. Namely the repair and logistics center of the 1022 British Navy Unit located in Sembawang Pier. (maps : wiki)
UK to Establish New Overseas Military Bases After Brexit – Report
Currently Britain has several overseas military bases, including bases on Cyprus, the Falkland Islands, Gibraltar and the Indian Ocean, but is reportedly planning to expand its global military presence.
London is planning to set up new military bases in the Caribbean and in Southeast Asia after it completes the Brexit process, The Sunday Telegraph reported, citing British Secretary of State of Defence Gavin Williamson. He reportedly called Brexit "the biggest moment" for the UK since the end of the Second World War and said that it would allow London to "recast ourselves in a different way" and "play the role on the world stage that the world expects [the UK] to play".
"For so long — literally for decades — so much of our national view point has actually been coloured by a discussion about the European Union. This is our moment to be that true global player once more", he said.
The secretary of defence further stated that leaving the EU would allow the UK to forge deeper ties with Australia, Canada, New Zealand, as well as with Caribbean and African states.
An anonymous source close to Williamson earlier told the newspaper that new bases could be stationed in Singapore or Brunei, and on Montserrat Island or in Guyana within the next few years.
The UK currently has 15 overseas military bases, including on the Falkland Islands, in Cyprus, Canada, Gibraltar and the British Indian Ocean Territory, but British forces are due to leave their German base in 2019.
(RIA Novosti)
02 Januari 2019
The first T-90S tank of Vietnam to return to the country (photo : BaoDatViet)
The first images believed to be Vietnam's main battle tanks T-90 when arriving at the port appeared with dense frequency.
As we know, the current T-90S/SK main battle tanks of Vietnam have been perfectly assembled by UralVagonZavod Factory, and it even shows impressive performance on the field and just waiting for the delivered.
According to previous information, it is expected that the first batch of T-90 tanks will dock in Vietnam at the end of 2018 - early 2019 and complete the entire contract before the end of 2019.
Vietnamese T90 tank (photo : Comrade Commissar)
Last week there was a cargo ship to Vietnam and some people felt "happy", when it was not our T-90S/SK but T-72B1 the White Eagle of the Laos Army.
But without waiting too long, the first photo was identified as recording the time when the T-90S main battle tank landed on the S-shaped strip of land appeared.
The uniforms of officers at the jetty are the Vietnam People's Army, this delivery takes place in very cold weather conditions, indicating that this is not a photo taken at T-72B1, the White Eagle of Laos in transit.
The array of paint colors behind the tank can be clearly seen, which is the typical color of our new generation T-90S/SK main battle tanks.
Thus, as expected of many people, Vietnam may have officially adopted T-90S/SK modern main battle tanks right before the new year 2019.
At present, it is not clear how many units of T-90 tanks will return home.
Besides the T-90S/SK, it is hoped that Vietnam will also buy a number of variants developed from the chassis such as the duty to support combat such as BREM-1M towing vehicle or MTU-90 bridging vehicle.
(BaoDatViet)
