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IMHO, looking into the number ($5 bio), it's possibly not only for the KFX/IFX participation ($2 bio), but also for follow up order on CBG ($1.2 bio) and possible additional type of submarine (KSS?, for the remaining $2.8 bio). Or... it could be loan for something else, not related to defense.

With all procurement list from the RAPIM TNI, at least we need USD 115 billion of foreign loan (PLN). Personally I believe the current MoD will be able to get the required loan. He has built in-depth relationship with decision maker from Japan, France, Korea, Turkey, Qatar, UAE and Germany...

Looking into the Rapim's cheat sheet, I suspect we opt to aim for a bigger gun from South Korea (i.e. KSS instead of CBG). This deal will save both countries faces (considering the innate problem on CBG). For Indonesia, it will ensure the initial investment on CBG production facilities won't go...

You forgot to mention PLN (pembiayaan luar negeri) or foreign loan. In the case of French products acquisition alone, they've offered $11 billion soft loan. South Korea may also offer soft loan for naval assets.

Considering the escalation in SCS, Typhoon is a must have interim heavy fighter. It's like buying insurance, you'll never now whether you'll need it or not. But anyway, if the price is around 750 million Euro (including upgrade and offset), it is damn cheap and we should go for it without...

Should we start worrying about T/A 50's reliability? We had two accidents already, and we can presume both were not human errors.

In the growing of a potential conflict between US and China in Indo-Pacific theatre, the choice will be obvious for China: they need to destabilize US allies (mostly ASEAN countries which have significant population of China diaspora), to the extent toward possibility of creating a civil war in...

It will be more sensible if we give the task to the marines. They will be responsible to guard those 12 choke points using Brahmos. Brahmos should be chosen as it has longer range than exocet. There are choke points that need longer detection capability.

and Brahmos for coastal defence..