Air Force wants new radar units

Fri, 28 Jul 2000, 00:00 WIB | Source: JP

YOGYAKARTA: The Indonesian Air Force plans to buy six new
radar units to be deployed mostly in eastern Indonesia which is
considered to be the most vulnerable to airspace violations.

"We haven't decided which country we will buy them from, but
they have to suit the existing system," Chief of Staff Marshall
Hanafie Asnan Hanafie said during a ceremony to inaugurate the
Air Force Monument of Struggle in Ngoto, Bantul, 15 km south of
here.

Indonesia, which has relied mostly on U.S. military hardware,
is currently facing a sanction from Washington because of the
East Timor issue. The sanction includes a ban against sales of
military equipment to Indonesia.

The government has placed one radar unit in Kupang, East Nusa
Tenggara, to cover the center and western flank of Indonesia.
(swa/09)

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