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An Indonesian army officer tries out an Indonesian made weapon during a military equipment exhibition in Jakarta January 12, 2006. Indonesia, the largest country in Southeast Asia, has pledged to upgrade its military equipment and technology to maintain the country's security. *******/Crack Palinggi
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A young visitor looks through the sight of a new Indonesian-produced assault weapon, the SS-2, during a military equipment exhibition on Thursday, January 12, 2006.
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An Indonesian Air force officer looks through the sight of a new Indonesian-produced assault weapon, the SS-2, during a military equipment exhibition on Thursday, January 12, 2006.
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In this photo made available by the Presidential Secretariat, Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono inspects a rifle at an Indonesian weapons plant Tuesday Jan. 3, 2006 in Bandung, Indonesia. The United States recently ended a six year ban on military ties with Indonesia, and US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will visit the world's most populous muslim Nation next week.(AP Photo/Presidential Secretariat, Dudi Anung)

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Army to Purchase 10,000 SS-2 Rifles
Saturday, 24 December, 2005 | 08:30 WIB

TEMPO Interactive (http://www.tempointeractive.com/hg/nasional/2005/12/24/brk,20051224-71135,uk.html), Jakarta:The Indonesian Army is to purchase 10,000 SS-2 Assault Rifles from domestic manufacturer PT Pindad in 2006.

“We will only purchase weapons and spare parts. Tanks will not be purchased next year,” stated General Djoko Santoso, the Indonesian Army Chief of Staff, at Army headquarters in Jakarta on Friday (23/12).

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Military officers check new Indonesian production of weapons during a military equipment exhibition in Jakarta, 12 January 2006. The United States has lifted a ban on selling of non-lethal defense equipment to Indonesia as part of a step-by-step process to restore full military ties what was frozen between the two countries due to human rights abuses, the State Department announced mid last year. AFP PHOTO/Bay ISMOYO (Photo credit should read BAY ISMOYO/AFP/***** Images)
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Source: Xinhua (http://english.people.com.cn/200509/16/eng20050916_208804.html)
UPDATED: 08:57, September 16, 2005
Indonesian military may replace M-16 with local rifles

Indonesian arms industry PT Pindad has started to produce rifles which are lighter and cheaper than US-made M-16 or Russia's AK-47 and potentially will become the standard rifle of any Indonesian soldier, an executive said Thursday. "The SS-2 rifle will be tested by a platoon of soldiers in the Army, the Air Force and the Navy," Sutarto, an expert staff for Pindad's director of military production, was quoted as saying by the Antara news agency.

He said the 5.56-mm caliber SS-2, produced with significant improvement from the earlier series of SS-1, is designed to become the standard rifle of Indonesian soldiers.

He claimed that the local rifle is much cheaper than any other rifles of the same category. Pindad spokesman Timbul Sitompul said separately an SS-2 is priced at some 500 US dollars, far below the price of an M-16 which is sold at 1,000 dollars in the market.