The new weapons include the poseidon underwater nuclear drone intended for underwater vessels and the tsirkon zircon hypersonic cruise missile which can be deployed on surface vessels. Should indonesia acquire nuclear weapons relying on us deterrence against a nuclear attack would require a leap of faith about the alignment of australian and us interests dr fruhling said. Indonesia affirms that after 22 years since the seanwfz treaty was signed by the 10 asean member states to make the asean.
For indonesia the accession to the protocol of the treaty of the southeast asian nuclear weapon free zone seanwfz by nuclear weapons states is a must said foreign minister retno marsudi at the seanwfz commission meeting in manila on 3 august 2017. Plans for larger units are. Conceptual design has been completed by russia.
A 10 mwe experimental nuclear power reactor is planned to be built at serpong near jakarta. Nuclear power in indonesia updated october 2019 indonesia has a greater depth of experience and infrastructure in nuclear technology than any other country in southeast asia. Indonesia should actively contribute to make the un talks effective indonesia is not only one of the strongest opponents of nuclear weapons it has also actively encouraged all nations to counter.
Director general of multilateral affairs at the foreign affairs ministry hasan kleib said monday that indonesia and several countries have been working together to promote. Tempo co jakarta indonesia along with states without nuclear weapons are working together to promote the establishment of a convention to ban the use of nuclear weapons an official said in jakarta on monday march 13. Four other nuclear states india pakistan israel and north korea are not the signatories.
A total of 191 countries have signed the treaty including five states which possess nuclear weapons. Indonesia signed the npt in 1970 and ratified it in 1979. Indonesia should immediately follow the path of thailand and vietnam and together persuade singapore to support the nuclear weapon ban treaty in the spirit of southeast asia s nuclear weapons.
1 as an active participant of the non aligned movement nam indonesia has been critical of those non universal nonproliferation mechanisms that potentially limit the access of non nuclear weapon states nnws to technologies for. Indonesia does not possess nuclear biological or chemical weapons and is a member in good standing of most relevant nonproliferation treaties and organizations. Indonesia agreed not to conduct nuclear weapons testing but nuclear power plants are.
On december 6 2011 the indonesian parliament ratified the comprehensive nuclear test ban treaty ctbt.
Indonesia nuclear weapons. Indonesia and international nuclear co operation. Indonesia is a member of the iaea and a signatory to the npt.
Indonesia is a member of the iaea and a signatory to the npt. Indonesia and international nuclear co operation.
