Well the plan is to let Indonesian GMF and IA (PT DI) to get offset from the buy, as Poseidon is based on Boeing 737 Dash 800 in which GMF already hold heavy MRO rating certification for this type aircraft and that's including engine overhaul. From the Airforce points of view itself, they...
Regarding Hawk and Su 27/30 issue, me has been said it long time ago. There is also plan for further more T/50 i in near future beside the other six already ordered back then. They are more robust and versatile in more roles compared to subsonic hawk.
Indonesian Army change the rules of minimum height for new recruits from 163 cm to 160 cm. Look like there is change of paradigm on how upper stakeholder in the army command looking in the new challenge and how to cope actual warfare scenario...
Me prefer gradual reform just like boiling a frog slowly inside a lid compared to sudden hellbent revolution, stability is a must to able to gather enough momentum for economy development and attracting Investment.
Idealism in real politics is a foolish move.
We need more modern MBT compared to our current standard of Leopard 2 A4+ version, but we don't need them in very large number like what the Poland or South Korea had after all we are archipelago country which is bound to suffer from logistic cost penalty. To have a one or two division sized...
Looking at Himars and M777 performance in Ukraine they are truly portraying the wise words of ada uang ada barang
Since Indonesia had limited resource especially considered logistic issue as archipelago country better to playing with quality routes to Armed the army to the teeth
If the Army got their own UCAV in the class of Reaper or TB2 Bayraktar great chance they would be under Puspenerbad command, for the small recce type UAV they would be under Dishubad just like what happened today.
I just doesn't know if the Army got their own loitering munition, logically this...