Javelin Anti-Tank Missiles to Army

After officially buy Leopard MBT from Germany, the Ministry of Defense again will strengthen the ability of the Army with the Javelin Missile Block I. Javelin is an anti-tank guided missiles (anti-tank guided missile / ATGM) sophisticated U.S. made. 

 
Missiles capable of locking the target and follow wherever the target goes with this high degradability, exhibited and demonstrated its use after the opening of Garuda Shield joint exercise with the Army U.S. Army Pacific (USARPAC), Monday, June 10, 2013.

Bonny TNI Lt. Octavian that demonstrate the use of Javelin said, the missile firing range of 2.5 kilometers. Javelin is equipped with advanced tracking that can lock and shoot a moving target. "Missile reload time is fairly quick, at 40 seconds," said Bonny.

Bonny said the Army had ordered 25 units Launcher (Command Launch Unit / CLU) and a 189-previously said Indonesia asks 180 - Javelin anti-tank missiles made by companies Raytheon and Lockheed Martin's. However, this weapon is still in the stage production and has not been sent.

Javelin missile weighs 11.8 pounds while the launcher unit is only 6.4 pounds. "This gun is also simple in addition to sophisticated and lightweight," says Bonny. Lightweight and can be placed on the shoulders of the operator.

This weapon has been developed since 1989 by companies Raytheon and Lockheed Martin Javelin Joint Venture project name. Own production began in 1994 and sent to a military barracks at Fort Benning, Georgia in 1996.

Javelin used U.S. and Australian troops in the war in Iraq between March and April 2003. Currently, the weapon used in Afghanistan. More than 2,000 Javelin missile has been fired at U.S. and coalition troops in the country.

Javelin first foreign buyer is the UK in January 2003 with early booking as many as 18 launchers and 144 missiles. Other countries that have used this is Taiwan, Lithuania, Jordan, Australia, New Zealand, Norway, and Ireland. Several other countries lining up the middle to get it.

A unit launcher and Javelin tracker priced at U.S. $ 126,000 or approximately Rp1, 2 billion, while the Javelin missile unit for U.S. $ 78,000, equivalent to Rp.756 million.

Defense Minister Purnomo Yusgiantoro said that purchasing the Javelin missile must be accompanied by the transfer of technology (ToT), it is expressed when asked by reporters about rumors of this missile procurement. 

 
"There is still the plan," Defence Minister replied curtly.

Defence Minister reiterated the requirements for procurement. That the weapons in question was needed was to increase the capacity of the Indonesian defense, can not be produced in the country and there is transfer of technology from the manufacturer to the national experts. 

 
"This is the Army needs to rejuvenate the system defense tool," he said.

Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) in the United States alone last year already allow the sale of military equipment to foreign countries to the Government of Indonesia for 180 Block I Javelin Missiles and associated equipment, parts, training and logistical support at an estimated cost of 60 million dollars .
 
Sources:
http://www.artileri.org/2013/06/rudal-anti-tank-javelin-untuk-tni-ad.html