Regional tension (especially around South China sea) becoming hotter and hotter these days. Indonesia needs big stick and good relations with Super powers. We also need to balance our trading with US.
Eagles will smooth things up
Yeah but that was USAF price where F15 infrastructure and mechanics already well established. Not like here where Eagle is the whole new species for our Air Force.
Also because of some laws here, we have to get some offset.
Let's wait for the end of Ukraine counter offensive when both parties already spend all their strength (true stalemate situation), and then devise Peace Plan from that.
Rencana prabowo (atau lebih tepatnya Indonesia gov) gak ditanggapi baik sama Ukraina tuh.
Tapi yah gimana lagi, kalau kondisinya stalemate kayak gini yah paling bagus ya itu. Kecuali nanti counter offensive mereka berhasil baru deh daya tawarnya kuat di meja perundingan.
But of course we stay in KFX program because Boramae is better platform and has future growth.
for example, Rafale has small and more pointed radome. It's aerodynamically better but it has limited space so we can't put radar with more T/R module inside it. RBE2 AESA is still Gallium arsenic...
Because KF21 isn't a mature product yet (only air superiority capability now). And French with their Autonomie stratégique make us can use Rafale more "freely" than US stuff (or stuff with a lot of US tech).
Rafale can carry more fuel too, hence more range.