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View all search resultsMultiple missile systems are being considered by Indonesia, not just those from BrahMos, spokesperson Frega Wenas said after Indonesia's defence minister met with his counterpart from Vietnam, although he declined to name the other companies.
As global uncertainty increases, driven by intensifying competition among great powers, a dramatic budget cut to the Foreign Ministry could compromise both Indonesian foreign policy capabilities and contingency preparedness.
The meeting between Defense Minister Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin and his Japanese counterpart Nakatani Gen in Jakarta serves as a prelude to an upcoming meeting between President Prabowo Subianto and Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba in Indonesia.
Creating a seamless integration of communication as well as command and control systems that are crucial for effective collaborative combat would be challenging should the Indonesian government decide to procure Chinese-made major weapon systems.
Indonesia recently suggested to the South Korean government that it would pay about 600 billion won ($442.47 million) for the KF-21 joint fighter jet project, Yonhap reported, citing multiple unnamed government sources.
The bulk of the new spending, part of a A$330 billion decade-long budget, will only kick in after five years, and ultimately take defense spending to 2.4 percent of GDP by 2034 from just over 2 percent today.
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