Radar built in West Timor

Radar built in West Timor

KUPANG, East Nusa Tenggara: The Indonesian Air Force will
start building a radar monitoring system in the village of
Buraen, Amarasi district, Kupang regency, in anticipation of
increasing infringement of Indonesian airspace.

First Marshal Basri Sidiehadi, commander of the second air
defense sector of Makassar, said here on Thursday that the
construction of this system, of the Thomson type with a capacity
of 250 kilo nautical miles, was in response to the frequent
intrusions by foreign aircraft into national territory lately.

He told The Jakarta Post that other conflict areas would also
have the same installations, such as Saumlaki, Maluku Tenggara
Barat regency (Maluku), Merauke and Biak (Irian Jaya).

The rising airspace violation particularly following the
separation of East Timor from Indonesia, according to him, has
escaped the detection of radar equipment in Makassar, South
Sulawesi.

The new radar in Buraen, West Timor, will be located close to
the border with East Timor and to the Indian Ocean. In addition,
the Air Force has readied eight fighters in the province to
conduct routine patrols around the border and ocean. (30)