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Indonesia to buy US F-15IDs, French Rafales

Reuters Published February 11, 2022
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LOS ANGELES: The US State Department has approved the potential sale of F-15ID aircraft and related equipment to Indonesia in a deal valued at almost $14 billion, the Pentagon said on Thursday.

Boeing is the principal contractor, the Pentagon’s Defence Security Cooperation Agency said in a press release.

Meanwhile, the Indonesian defence ministry announced in Jakarta that it would buy 42 Rafale fighter aircraft from France. The announcement came after a meeting between the two defence ministers in Jakarta on Thursday.

Published in Dawn, February 11th, 2022

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Ali Mehdi
Feb 11, 2022 10:36am
Who is Indonesia afraid of. I don’t know if it’s China or is it any other regional power that so much of dollar is spent on metal.
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M. Emad 2 Korail Dhaka
Feb 11, 2022 11:01am
Nobody buys Tejas fighter jets
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Khan D
Feb 11, 2022 01:36pm
Indonesia is weary of China and their associates misconduct.
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John
Feb 11, 2022 02:33pm
@Ali Mehdi, afraid of your expansionist best friend china ..of whom u are already a colony.
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Hkhan
Feb 11, 2022 05:38pm
@John , it's a fear concept which is being created by the sellers all around for their ongoing business at the cost of humanity !
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Aslam Khan - USA
Feb 11, 2022 06:03pm
waste of money
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