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Army Strategic Reserves Command Chief Says Weapon Technology Out of Date
Thursday, 24 November, 2005 | 10:35 WIB

TEMPO Interactive, Malang, East Java:Lieutenant General Hadi Waluyo, Chief of the Indonesian Army Strategic Reserves Command (Kostrad), has stated that the number of Army weapons was sufficient.

However, the technology of the weapons was out of date behind compared with other countries.

“The weapons must be modernized. Currently, Kostrad’s weapons systems are out of date,” Waluyo said in Singosari, Malang, East Java, on Wednesday (23/11).

According to Waluyo, the weapons that need to be modernized include cannons, tanks, anti-aircraft rockets, and high-caliber ammunition, such as cannon, 90-mm, 105-mm and 75-mm caliber ammunition.

For the purchase, the Indonesian Army will consider buying weapons from countries other than the United States, such as China and East European countries.
(Bibin Bintariadi-Tempo News Room)