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Talking about politics In Japan, there are unwritten rule to be politicians, it requires three-bans; Jiban, Kanban and Kaban. Jiban means supporter base and this one is very important especially for LDP that always on top of Diet since 50s. This one needed in more rural region, where people...

Anggep kabar di atas bener, dari tahun-tahun lalu udah agak ragu F-15EX bakal dateng. I strike through some words there and change it with “local company involvement”, for example Black Hawk procurement with PTDI. You can’t deal via rekanan or third party with US for major arms procurement, so...

Time for Indonesian song from (early) 2000s

“If Congress passes military aid for Ukraine and Israel, we won’t write blank checks. We’d send military equipment from our own stockpiles, then use the money authorized by Congress to replenish those stockpiles—by buying from American suppliers. That includes Patriot missiles made in Arizona...

https://www.wsj.com/business/retail/amazon-secret-operation-intel-rivals-eb82ea3c Example of sophisticated corporate intelligence. This one Amazon’s. 2015, Amazon launched “Project Curiosity” which was made by their Benchmarking Team reported to Amazon’s CFO, but this year to Consumer Chief...

Dipaksa untuk produksi onshore (di Indonesia) akhirnya di persulit impornya, karena alasan “melindungi produk dalam negeri”. “Kalo bisa dipersulit, kenapa dipermudah?”, said old member here @trishna_amrtha. Miss him tho. More bureaucracy, more leverage can be used by people with malicious...

Brother, this country is Rechtsstaat, not primieval Machtstaat. I don’t know why people so obsessed with power or strongman approach will give all the good things to them. Without decent law enforcement and adherence to rule of law, things just superficial. Legal certainty as guarantee, not...

Kerjanya Kementerian Urusan Strategis. Mereka salah satu fungsinya penerangan/penjelasan (Hasbara).

The training mission for pilot of Rafale in France is in Saint-Dizier by ETR 3/4. Know what interesting? ETR 3/4 is part of 4e EC that responsible for the air leg of French nuclear deterrence. I don’t know why they put conversion squadron under nuclear deterrence air wing. Kadang Perancis emang...

Open your Google Maps and zoom in to Israeli villages or communities just south of border with Lebanon. The northern side of the communities would be blurry lol. An effort to make Hezbollah cannot see their potential targets through Google Maps. But interestingly, Galilee Panhandle region just...

Ah, old time wkwk About Apple, possibly to India btw

Contoh kecil buat SIM, apalagi investment jumlahnya gila-gilaan. SIM pelakunya penegak hukum lagi wkwk. Gak jalan hukumnya. Cara bertahan di lawlessness gitu cuman punya power atau beli power. Hukum ada tapi gak melindungi kamu, gak ngasih kejelasan ke kamu. Yang ngasih kejelasan salam tempel.

Apple want to decoupling from China btw, high possibility this also the topic of talking brought up by Jokowi and Prabowo. But with ICOR higher than even Vietnam, big question mark for investment to come here. Infrastructure, Indonesia maybe even better than Vietnam, but bribery (pungli) here...

Because talking about Iran. Movie where Mike Durrant (Black Hawk Down) went wild lol Edit: The thumbnail too vulgar

It is not just about sending fighters; F-35, F-16, F-15 to Iran, doing SEAD with EW suites etc, bombing some targets; potential of getting shot down always be there, which means CSAR and how to moving personnel (for evacuation) to Iran cannot be undermined. Safest way for Israel is the same as...