Indonesia, South Korea to begin jet fighter production in 2012

Defense Minister Purnomo Yusgiantoro said Wednesday that Indonesia and South Korea were ready to begin a joint project on jet fighter production in 2012.

Purnomo and his South Korean counterpart Kim Tae-Young held a bilateral meeting in Jakarta earlier in the day.

Purnomo said that it was expected that the project would be able to build a jet figther prototype in 2020.

The planned cooperation for the project, dubbed the FSX project, was initiated in 2006.

The joint project is widely seen as a pilot project for Indonesian military in revitalizing defense industry.