LIPI Issues Scathing Assessment of Country's Air Defence Radars

17 Agustus 2021

LIPI release design of Air defence radar (all images : LIPI, IT Telkom)

Indonesian research body issues scathing assessment of country's air defence radars

An Indonesian governmental research agency has issued a scathing assessment of the country's network of air defence radars and suggested the nation is presently ill-equipped to detect incursions into its airspace.

The assessment was provided in an Indonesian Institute of Sciences (Lembaga Ilmu Pengetahuan Indonesia: LIPI) presentation, which was co-published with private tertiary institution, Telkom Institute of Technology Purwokerto. 

LIPI is the de facto scientific research authority in Indonesia.

According to LIPI, the Indonesian National Air Defense Forces Command (Komando Pertahanan Udara Nasional: KOHANUDNAS) operates a constellation of air defence radars, most of which are largely obsolete.

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