Dalam suasana sindrom peristiwa 12 November 1991, pemerintah RI harus berhadapan dengan para aktivis anti integrasi Timor-Timur.
The present evolution of naval technologies seems to favor the theory that, for all navies, the era of big surface ships and even big submarines might be nearing its end, in favor of smaller, faster, more numerous and more flexible platforms and the blurring ot the civil-military distinction in the oceans.