The Minister of Defense Lt. Gen. (ret) Prabowo Subianto is on an overseas trip. He met with French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday (March 15) at the Élysée Palace in Paris, France. In the meantime, the new Commander of the Army’s Strategic Reserves Command (Pangkostrad), Lt. Gen. Maruli Simanjuntak, who is also the son-in-law of powerful Minister Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan, met with Germany’s defense attache in Jakarta on Wednesday (March 16). The said two separate events are worth highlighting because it is related to the modernization of the country’s primary weapons system (alutsista) and given the position of Prabowo and Luhut in the cabinet.To subscribe please click here
