Soon Have Indonesian Warship Sophisticated "Trimaran"

Banyuwangi (ANTARA) - Indonesia will soon have a sophisticated warship missile "Trimaran" which is a domestic product.

"This ship is made ​​of carbon fiber, with a speed of 35 knots and is armed missile has a range of 120 kilometers," said Deputy Defense Minister Sjafrie after reviewing the domestic shipbuilding industry PT Lundin Industry Invest in Banyuwangi, East Java, on Tuesday.

He said, in the next five months advanced warship which is a prototype that can be operated directly strengthen the ranks of the Navy fleet combat.

"Navy ordered four ships, and in the next five months has become one Trimaran warship` `, while the other three units will be built in stages until 2014," said Sjafrie added.

One unit of the ship "Trimaran" valued around Rp114 billion taken from the Budget 2011.

"If a procurement project is successful then this is the history for Indonesia because it has managed to build ships of war with carbon fiber composites, and this will be patented and exported overseas," said Sjafrie.

Director of PT Lundin Industry Invest, John Lundin, said it has conducted tests on the ship with a length of about 62.52 meters.

"This is the first ship` `Trimaran made ​​from carbon fiber. Americans have made ​​similar ship with a length of 120 meters but from aluminum or steel.

Carbon fiber composites have also been used for the manufacture of Boeing-777 airbus aircraft and Formula 1 cars. Resistance 20 times stronger than steel.

Fast ship missile that has an overall length of 62.53 meters, the length of "water line", 50.77 meters long "water draft" 1.17 meters, deadweight GT 53.1, the maximum speed of 30 knots, cruising speed 16 knots, with the main engines marine engines MAN 4X nominal PK 1800.

source : About Daily

Empathy for Citizens form Somalia, Arab Restaurants Fines Customers are not Spend The food

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, Damam - Restaurants in the eastern province of Damam, Saudi Arabia gave a penalty to its customers who do not spend all the food on their plates. This is done as a form of solidarity with the poor of the world.

Fines will be distributed to charity. Customers are not concerned with the existence of these penalties. "As long as it's for charity I am not questioning the idea," said one man after visiting the restaurant.

He just hopes that all restaurants in the province will follow suit. Another customer said he was surprised with this policy, but he thinks this is a pretty good move to encourage others to do good.

"There are other countries such as Somalia are suffering from hunger, and I find new ideas helps to promote economic and social awareness, and to teach people to consume the right amount of food, plus, it is environmentally friendly," says a Saudi man voiced concerns with various cases of famine that occurred at the global level.

According to a British government report, as much as 30 percent of food around the world may be lost or wasted, while other estimates have put the number at about 50 percent of food is lost because it was eaten.

 source : about daily