Foreign Purchases of Alternative Weapons Deals

Assault rifle: President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono was accompanied by State Enterprises Minister Sugiharto, took aim with an assault rifle made ​​by PT Pindad when reviewing arms factory in Bandung, on Tuesday (3 / 1). (30m)

JAKARTA - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said the purchase of equipment and weapons systems from abroad into the last alternative along the desired product can be met by domestic production.
To that end, the President asked SOE Strategic Industries (BUMNIS) can answer these opportunities by working hard. Hope was delivered Yudhoyono while attending the handover of NC 212 and 412 of Heli NBell PT Dirgantara Indonesia (PT DI) to the Army on Tuesday (3 / 1) to PT DI Bandung.
In addition to PT DI, the President also visited PT Pindad.
"The policy that we take for purposes of defense and security that can be produced domestically. Assuming, quality, performance, and suitability price," he said.
Several ministers attended the event which is State Enterprises Minister Sugiharto, Juwono, Research and Technology Kusmayanto Kadiman, Menperind Fahmi Idris, TNI chief Gen. Endriartono Sutarto, and 10 BUMNIS bigwigs.
President realizes not all needs can be met from within the country. But he insisted the government would avoid buying products from abroad if potentially harmful. The government, he explained, can not be dictated to anymore in this matter.
"Products that have not been able to be purchased in the country, we buy it from abroad, but not with the requirements of the weird. It's not fair," he said as he pointed out the existence of the prohibition of the use of airplanes as they relate specific events.
BUMNIS to the leadership of the PT Dirgantara Indonesia, PAL, Pindad, Krakatau Steel, LEN, Boma Bisma Indra, Nucleus, INKA, Barata, and Dahana, President Yudhoyono hoped, they were able to answer that opportunity.
"Do not be proud to just be a Director of PT is hard Forward or Director of Loss Eternal," he said.
Aircraft Stock
Previously, the executive president director of PT DI, Nuril Fuad, while giving the report expects the government can buy all the stock aircraft in a hangar that is now mangkrak they worth 220 million U.S. dollars.
"This purchase will create conditions for PT DI to be better," he said. In addition to planes, Nuril also explained that the production of PT DI also penetrated in the manufacture of torpedoes, destroyers corvettes and submarines, and rockets.
Special torpedoes have sold over 150 units, while the rocket reached 35,000 with most consumers from abroad.
President's visit to Bandung is also marred by protests of hundreds of former employees who are members of the SP FKK PT DI with students the elements. Forces had fired warning shots because the crowd trying to rush into the event area at the entrance gate to PT DI. They want to meet Yudhoyono.