Indonesia adds 204 military units as Prabowo orders greater war readiness

Indonesia expanded its armed forces by adding 204 new military units, including regional commands and infantry units, to enhance readiness against modern warfare and technological advances.

The Army, Navy, and Air Force have increased their respective brigades and battalions, with the Air Force also adding air squadrons and radar units.

President Prabowo emphasised adapting to evolving security threats at a ceremony where the six new regional military commands were inaugurated.

JAKARTA, Oct 5 — Indonesia expanded its armed forces with 204 new military units, including six regional commands and 180 territorial development infantry units, as President Prabowo Subianto called for greater readiness to confront evolving forms of warfare and technological advances.

The expansion includes 30 territorial development infantry brigades and 150 territorial development infantry battalions, while the Army also added one cavalry battalion, one field artillery battalion and one air defence artillery battalion.

The Navy established one Marine infantry brigade and four Marine infantry battalions, while the Air Force added 10 units, including a Rapid Action Forces division, one brigade, three battalions, two air squadrons, two radar units and one training squadron.

Speaking at a ceremony marking the 81st anniversary of the Indonesian National Armed Forces (TNI) on Monday, Prabowo stressed the need for the military to prepare for evolving security threats and keep pace with technological developments.

“War today does not necessarily take a physical form. Therefore, the TNI must continue to adapt, learn, learn, learn, and train, train, train,” he said at the TNI headquarters in Jakarta during the ceremony, which was streamed live.

Prabowo later inaugurated the six regional commands by presenting command batons and unit flags to their respective commanders.

The ceremony involved 3,378 personnel from the Army, Navy and Air Force, as well as members of the reserve component and other participating contingents.

The six new regional military commands are Mahmud Riayat Syah in the Riau Islands, Mataram in Yogyakarta, Sobe Sonbai in East Nusa Tenggara, Molku Kie Raha in North Maluku, Mambruk in Central Papua and Rinambora in West Nusa Tenggara. — Bernama

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印尼扩充了武装部队，新增了 204 个军事单位，包括地区司令部和步兵单位，以提高应对现代战争和技术进步的战备能力。

陆军、海军和空军都增加了各自的旅和营，空军还增加了航空中队和雷达部队。

在六个新的区域军事指挥部成立仪式上，普拉博沃总统强调要适应不断变化的安全威胁。

雅加达，10 月 5 日——印尼总统普拉博沃·苏比安托呼吁提高应对不断变化的战争形式和技术进步的准备，并为此扩充了其武装部队，新增了 204 个军事单位，其中包括 6 个地区司令部和 180 个领土发展步兵单位。

此次扩编包括 30 个领土发展步兵旅和 150 个领土发展步兵营，同时陆军还增加了一个骑兵营、一个野战炮兵营和一个防空炮兵营。

海军组建了一个海军陆战队步兵旅和四个海军陆战队步兵营，而空军则增加了 10 个单位，包括一个快速反应部队师、一个旅、三个营、两个航空中队、两个雷达单位和一个训练中队。

周一，在纪念印尼国民军成立 81 周年的仪式上，普拉博沃强调，军队需要为不断变化的安全威胁做好准备，并与技术发展保持同步。

“如今的战争不一定以实体形式出现。因此，印尼国民军必须不断适应、学习、再学习、训练、再训练，”他在雅加达印尼国民军总部举行的仪式上说道，该仪式进行了现场直播。

随后，普拉博沃向六个地区司令部司令官颁发了指挥棒和部队旗帜，正式宣布这六个地区司令部成立。

此次仪式共有来自陆军、海军和空军的 3378 名人员参加，此外还有预备役部队成员和其他参与方。

六个新的地区军事司令部分别是廖内群岛的马哈茂德·里亚亚特·沙赫（Mahmud Riayat Syah）、日惹的马塔兰（Mataram）、东努沙登加拉省的索贝松拜（Sobe Sonbai）、北马鲁古省的莫尔库基拉哈（Molku Kie Raha）、巴布亚中部的曼布鲁克（Mambruk）和西努沙登加拉省的林博拉（Rinambora）。 — 马新社

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