Well, since then Mr. Lafran Pane has inhereted the power of diplomacy and negotiation in HMI blood lines.
I remember Ali Moertopo and Aloysius Sugianto everytime I see some intrigues in student organizations during early New Order.
Local industries should start licensing Carl Gustav as a one for all tool to defeat armor. Not only its reusable but also have plenty warhead.
Why selling stuff when there is no demand for it. Production needs money, company spend money on Carl Gustav production line but there is no order for that, maybe just small number which not even cover the BEP.
To make companies to produced weapons like this, from the TNI itself has to change themselves first. They got a real plan on how the battalion level is, platoon etc, clear doctrine that has clear implementation including what weapon capabilities must be owned by the platoon for example.
From my perspective, defense procurements now is kind of like
kaget-kagetan, has no clear plan and shortsighted. I don't know who is wrong there, the one that buy (MoD) or the TNI asked the MoD to buy that.
If defense procurement works like in, put NATO countries as example, they open the tender for their needs and companies can made up their of what they will offer. Here, it's like
ujug-ujug Czech AR came,
ujug-ujug dateng apalagi, it's also unknown why they came at the first place, like the procurements happen behind close door in smoke filled room.
was running away
