Of course, they will put that statements, otherwise the sale won't be able to proceed. That is why there is a need for lobbyist. Writing anything that is contradicting the premise of it will require complete rewriting of the
foreign policy in this region, which will hindering any sales proceeding (which is terrible for everyone involved)
Their pilots is precious asset and should retrain and re qualified for either the Rafale or F-15EX
Now the question after all the new fighter came is, what we're going to do with the Sukhoi fleet. Are we going to make them hangar queen's or something
I dont think we are going to retain our Sukhoi if Eagle II comes in. If situation get hot we could always put the Sukhoi in "sleep" mode and continue to retrain the pilots to new fighter assets.Now the question after all the new fighter came is, what we're going to do with the Sukhoi fleet. Are we going to make them hangar queen's or something
Yup, thats why I am curious on this particular project to see how US going to respond. I am more worry on China escalating narative about 9 dash line, now they pursuing more on the line to become their teritorial line while also add more line to 10 dash line that include Taiwan. If that is the case then what we have now on the North Natuna island dispute will not be just EEZ claim but become teritorial claim. This could lead to serious dispute or should I say already is a serious dispute hence our procurement plan.
The situation at our northern border are worrisome. Although I've notice that our policymaker & decision maker aware of this and already making plan & action, they do seem very reluctant of going public with it out of fear of triggering another domestic political chaos and hatred.I am more worry on China escalating narative about 9 dash line, now they pursuing more on the line to become their teritorial line while also add more line to 10 dash line that include Taiwan. If that is the case then what we have now on the North Natuna island dispute will not be just EEZ claim but become teritorial claim. This could lead to serious dispute or should I say already is a serious dispute hence our procurement plan.
All I know some get thru and in still in process, some get back to drawing board and some awaiting on the sellers respond. Tho we wont see any official statement from the Govt about arm purchase for the next couple of weeks or so due to this Covid "tsunami", it would be politically incorrect
Anyway there are 2 projects that I eagerly want to see the outcome:
1. The reveal on used Submarine purchase (type & source)
2. The fate of our F15EX project
For me the F15EX is the most interesting project. We know that we got rejected to get F35, everyone know we are in a process to get 36 Rafale and we also know from high official statement here that the aim is 36 F15EX or should I say F15 Eagle II. Regardless on whether we can afford it or not I would like to see US response about it. We know that in each of DSCA announcement release there always this line "The proposed sale of this equipment and support will not alter the basic military balance in the region."
Now are they going to look the military balance towards their own close ally here in the region or they see it as the military balance of their close ally and "friends" towards China aggresive move in SCS? Those 36 rafale + 36 F15 Eagle II + 32 F16 + 16 Sukhois definetly going to move the military balance bar of the region if all comes to fruition isnt it?
I think block 3 is the fully stealth, for block 2 the weapons will be carried internally, not sure about the other details. I hope for the block 3 would use IWB, and all those protruding sensors, electronics and targeting pod can be more stealthy.
Exactly my point
(I blame the National Gov't policies on this). Which is why I kept mentioning it indirectly in my other post's
Exactly my point
North Sulawesi have shown to be leaning more toward pro
Thales defense? Military satellite?New orders rose 37% to 8.244 billion euros ($9.70 billion), led by major satellite contracts in Europe and Indonesia.
Thales' shares climb after French company raises 2021 sales goal
France's Thales (TCFP.PA) raised its full-year revenue target after posting first-half revenues up by 9.8% on a like-for-like basis, helping to lift the company's share price.www.reuters.com
Operasi Senyap
www.cnnindonesia.com
If this news is accurate, then I'm pretty much disappointed. It's always good to have dedicated comm bird. However, when budget is extremely tight, the funding is best to be spent elsewhere, such as for the terrestrial based supporting infrastructure. The benefits of having your own comm bird is simply ain't worth it when budget is tight.
The satellite could be related to network centric thingy that currently being done by scytalys. When the "Indonesian National Data Link System" completed the satellite will be used to connect all the nodes /assets that is scattered all over the place within Indonesia.
*Hacker voice
I am in
