REMEMBER the police raid on a terrorist hideout in Temanggung, Central Java, early last August? And the unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) used by the raiders to transmit videos of movements inside the house? Use of the Rp1 billion camera-fitted robot has raised the reputation of the anti-terror 88th Special Detachment as a special police unit equipped with advanced technology.

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