Dude , did you really so naively to believe that a strategic export articles in military stuffs was comparable and identical to the articles that issued to the military of said origin country ?? Did you ...
?? Compare that with the latest j series that get churned weekly by those mainlander ... SU 35 " Generic version " was allready a bygone era by today standard .
We where nowhere near the level of US - Israel connection with the bear !! We are nothing but a $$ milk cow for them ...as simple as that ...
Enough with the dead horse will you ... Back in the day things are different . Hence the different attitude , calculation and consideration .
Sigh ... I don't have to explain further over this don't i ??
actually you kinda do....
not all the silent reader understand what you trying to say, specially without an evidence in your post
you trying to compare Indo-Russia to US-Israel?? what is this means?
Indo-US is better than Indo-Russia?
did you forget when we ask for F15 and they dont allow us for that "keseimbangan kawasan"???
and the F35 blocked cause we don't able to maintain 5th Gen (which is true)
while when both options fail, weeks / months before that the Australia begin to buy / start a contract for F35
what is it? US-Australia > US-Indo? yes, what is the alternative or offering that they give?
An Upgraded F16 Gurun Pasir
and you call Indo will be no more than $$ milk cow to Russia???
well guest what, either with Russia or US, they still gonna treat Indonesia as a $$ milk cow
Choosing US / Russia is like choosing of 1 of 2 devils that less evil for short
it's not about "i don't want TNI to chose" or "dislike" that F15 / F35 and Rafale, those things are a very good stuff
it's the "United States" things is the one that keep giving Indonesia more trouble