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It shows that they are ready to defen their interest in Indo Pacific region as this area become warmer. Now they need a "friend" in this area and this is when Rafael diplomacy in particular and Mirage as general become important as we currently cant rely on Rusky for the balancer in the region.

Couldnt agree more, we should think more in terms of strategic with in conjunction with geopolitics landscape. As far as UAV R&D as national program I think the importance of UAV is already been acknowledge by the govt, the implementation is always the hardest part to colaborate all the...

The aim is still 12 for UEA I believe. Tho we will never know if they include the maintenance program, parts, etc in this program until the deal is done. Maybe they will put the all that in a different contract like we did back then? That number is viable numbers for 12 fighters with some...

No really, they cant reveal everything on the so called public release slide. They only display the ground launcher and only stated the 300 km range, I do believe there is more that they didnt tell us about that plan. Having Turks and India as our ballistic missile vendor is perhaps one of the...

If all goes well then 24 Mirage should be enough to maintain readyness to minimum level while other assets being upgraded/undergoing maintenance. I read somewhere that it will include Mirage simulator, if this is true then next step is the munition. I wonder what will it be? 😏 I dont think so...

Good sign indeed as our KASAL knows about submarine, lets hope for the best that future assets of AL whether its above or under water can fit the needs of user.

Not that simple, there will always be some disagreemant between TNI & Kemenhan. Its not going be "bad" all the time, as other said if both sides has no hidden agenda and got quality people behind them it will be a good compromise at the end for both side. Obvious example is Jet FIghters purchase...

Mirage 2000

Maybe some of our pilots already went there? Just like how the upgrade/maintenance seems to be done before the budget has been approved? ;)

Maybe its the C/D upgrade not the brand new one.

Too early to tell, its not a standing alone project so to say. It depends on alot of things that interact closely to one another. But for now at least one sqdr is probably the minimum numbers as those Mirage will need to have maintenance rotation along the way as well. My guess is about 18-24...

IMO Mirage will fill the gap while F16 undergo upgrade (C/D), those 23 might take sometime to complete and we cant afford to have quantity reduced in readyness for the next couple of years I assume. The brand new one as I always said will still be on the table as an option, the need, the budget...

Of all those "kontroversi" regarding 052 pls keep in mind there is also national security, regional security and other class A information that we might know nothing about behind the decission. That interm plan looks like being pushed due to certain concerns regarding current global situation...

LM still lurking at the corner waiting to hit the afterburner, sneaky one ;) Tho I dont think there are still room left in our fiscal budget for either of them. They prolly have to wait until new president step in. Its wiser to spend the rest of the fiscal budget into the armaments and readyness...

Logically they would prefer to get all the 42 Rafale contract secured before giving the green light for Mirage.