That's what they said, there is also instance when peacekeeping Forces should protect themselves or areas under their guard.
As long as it was not IDF 🤣🤣
Such projects need huge capital, not only about money but also infrastructure and human resource. If Indonesia can get the offset with Boeing including Boeing design research center that's would be tremendous help to Indonesia side.
Actually Dassault also giving on job training for Indonesian...
Something light, easy to manufacturing, has ready to use technology and lower cost
Something like F20 tigershark come in my mind but with more powerful sensor and payload
AIDC F-CK 1 Ching Kuo, even built a new platform cooperated with nation like French and Britain is very possible and even...
We should and also must, aircraft Industry and manufacturing is a must have industry for any large country which has ambition to become global player
The choice is actually plenty as there is several top notch aircraft manufacturing in the US who has several Prototype but lose the government...
Not even the Russian and US can do that, and protected all of their power grid with SAM system even with cheaper manpads. Indonesia has hundreds thousand kilometer long power transmision system, thousand upon thousand power grid nodes distributed Among scattered islands within. The only thing...
Well they would go for tier 1 MBT to begin with as the main hammer and for the rest they would use Harimau Medium Tank in large number, especially to replace AMX13 fleets.
Just for a thought,
https://tni.mil.id/view-218492-kaskostrad-tinjau-kesiapan-pembentukan-brigif-mekanis-yon-mandala-yudha-menjadi-brigif-mekanis-raider-14-kostrad.html
Liquidation Mandala Yudha batalion and the forming of BRIGIF Mekanis 14 Mandala Yudha is part of the reform the Army command...
Just for a record, in near future Indonesian Army would likely to adding more MBT as there is plan to create several Armored Brigade Combat Team including one in future capital and dedicated KOSTRAD ABCT, but the system is still at large as there is a lot of lesson and plan in which what are the...
Tanks is still necessary the question is, Will they still be manned? As there is rapid development of unmanned combat ground vehicles including future FSV in which they would be unmanned.
While the infantry would use exoskleton armor and smart combat module along with unmanned FSV in the...
Being Dumb and dumber has their own merit, they are cheap, many and easy to use, well it is 122 mm rocket artillery not some large grid remover with large caliber like Himars