KALIPURO – Military shipbuilding factory, PT. Lundin Industry Invest Banyuwangi, yesterday (12/8) visited around 52 students from Staff School (Sesko) TNI. The candidates for high-ranking TNI officers studied the process of making the main weapon system tools (defense equipment) produced by the company located in Cacalan Beach, Kalipuro District.
Before seeing directly the working kitchen of PT. Lundin, The dozens of colonel-ranked students first obtained material on the types of ships produced. By John Ivar Alan Lund, owner PT. Lundin, explained directly all the mechanics of the ship containing the carbon fiber composite using English.
Next, The group of three jasmine-ranked officers entered the shipbuilding site that the workers were working on. Soon, Commander of Sesko TNI, Lt. Gen. Agus Soetomo, who arrived by plane with the deputy regent of Banyuwangi, Yusuf Widyatmoko, and members of forpimda, he joined the students to witness the construction of military ships that the Swedish businessman worked on.
National Project Dansatgas KCR Trimaran, captain (T), Pigs. Tholib, said the agenda of the Sesko TNI students was to see the real conditions on the ground regarding the defense equipment manufacturing company. In East Java there are three locations. namely PT. PAL, PT. Pindad, and PT. Lundin, which is the goal of the candidate generals.
“A visit here is included in their regular education curriculum. So, they can compare theory and conditions in the field,“explained Talib. Based on the observations of the students, while this is the impression obtained from the military ship produced by PT.
Lundin is actually quite good. It is just, The burning incident of the KRI Klewang prototype is a bit of a note that they think must be repaired before being used on the battlefield. "We see that the technology is good". But it doesn't fulfill the whole. The agenda is only one day they will compare," he said.
Meanwhile, Commercial Director of PT. Pindad, Wijayanto, adding boat technology with tank cannons developed by PT. Lundin is the first in the world. PT. Pindad with PT. Lundin is trying to make a boat that is tough and can be used on major rivers in Indonesia.
“We use caliber cannon 105 millimeter with firepower up to 17 kilometer. Same with medium tank milik. We also tested using stabilizers so that the ship wouldn't sway too much after firing," he said.
By John Ivar Alan Lund, PT owner. Lundin, adding that the boats he developed are suitable for securing major rivers in Indonesia. So far, several countries, such as Brazil and the Philippines, already bought the product. He is also optimistic that the ship is loaded 26 that person can attract the interest of high-ranking TNI officers who came to his place that morning.
“We continue to use carbon fiber composite as a material. Apart from not being caught on the radar, bulletproof, the material is also fire resistant and stable," he said. (radar)
