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Indonesia
Index
Armed Forces: Armed Forces of the Republic of
Indonesia
(ABRI); total personnel on active duty in 1992
approximately
468,000. Component services: army, 217,000; navy, 44,000,
of which
13,000 are marines; air force, 27,000, of which 4,000 are
"quick
action" paratroopers; and national police, 180,000.
Numerous
active-duty and retired military personnel in civilian
government
jobs.
Military Units: Army: 30 battalions under
central
control, 100 battalions under Military Regional Commands
(Kodams),
3 Special Forces Groups, and 2-squadron Aviation Command.
Navy: two
fleets (Armadas). Air Force: two Operations Commands
(Ko-Ops).
Police: commands (Poldas) generally coincide with
provincial-level
boundaries.
Military Equipment: Army: tanks, armored
personnel
carriers (APCs), towed and self-propelled artillery,
fixed-wing
aircraft, helicopters, and maritime transport ships. Navy:
submarines, frigates, fast-attack patrol craft, amphibious
ships,
fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters, and marine
reconnaissance
aircraft and tanks, APCs, artillery, and rocket launchers.
Air
force: fighters, interceptors, counterinsurgency aircraft,
maritime
reconnaissance aircraft, transports, trainers, and
helicopters.
Most major equipment imported from Australia, Britain,
France, West
Germany, Netherlands, South Korea, and United States.
Older
equipment from Soviet Union. Increasing emphasis on
domestic
production of other items: light aircraft, small arms, and
ammunition. Helicopters and transport aircraft assembled
under
license agreements.
Military Budget: Approximately Rp2.02 trillion,
or 4
percent in FY 1991.
Foreign Military Relations: In keeping with
nonalignment
principles, no defense pacts. Indonesian military and
police
contingents participated in twelve UN peacekeeping forces
since
1957. Military liaison maintained with ASEAN states, and
combined
military operations held with Australia, Britain, France,
India,
New Zealand, and United States. Military aid agreements
with United
States since 1950; International Military Education and
Training
(IMET) ceased in 1992. Aid agreements also with Australia,
Britain,
France, Netherlands, and Germany.
Internal Security Forces: All ABRI elements have
internal
security missions, army's regional forces and national
police in
particular. International security and intelligence
apparatuses
also important: Coordinating Agency for National Stability
(Bakorstanas), State Intelligence Coordinating Agency
(Bakin), and
Armed Forces Strategic Intelligence Agency (Bais).
Data as of November 1992
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