The singer one, i mean the president. But still, nevertheless, one of his Minister of Defense, Mr. Purnomo Yusgiantoro is one of the driving force for Indonesian Armed Forces modernization program compared to his successor later.... Btw, All of the people at the time assuming the Korean in which...
He (Lewis Nainggolan) know his stuff and one of his statement in this video is very important, Indonesia is a maritime nation, an ocean with islands within, not vice versa.
Rafale of France is Russian substitution, as the Armed Forces and even our civillian leadership doesn't feel like to bet the whole of Air Force into single supplier nation. This is still necessary move, as France itself still within the big five member, still has some saying in internasional...
To be fair, such fuel comparison is not need to be mention, Boeing Eagle is double engine fighter in which needed more to do so, while Falcon is single engine. What you need to know is how much effective they can execute the perceived mission and threat assessment. Many air force combined high...
From what I am know he is still insisting on to get the F35 fighter, during later talk he is expected to get the green light soon, including the secretary of defense himself would like to support such Sales to Indonesia and even has got the nod from president himself to get whatever the best on...
I do think they are worth every dime and Penny, i mean those Ex RAF Hercules as most of them are C-130J 30 (extended Fuselage variant) and not too old airframe, as they are only coming in 1998/1999. Well compared to the Australian old guys....
From Wikipedia
The long-serving C-130As were replaced by new Hercules in the late 1970s; twelve C-130Hs were ordered in June 1976 for a cost of $A86 million, and deliveries took place between July and October 1978 ....so they are already 35 years old back then
Funny, Indonesian police Forces largely being equipped, trained and has more or less similar doctrine and attitude as the US police Forces. There is a lot of training program along with scholarship for Indonesian police officer to the US even during the height of embargo era. They should say...