Is Indonesia Set to Become the Second Southeast Asian Nation to Acquire BrahMos Missiles?
Indonesia has reportedly been offered a US$450 million (RM2 billion) loan by India to purchase the BrahMos missile system, co-developed by India and Russia.
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Indonesia has reportedly been offered a US$450 million (RM2 billion) loan by India to purchase the BrahMos missile system, co-developed by India and Russia.
The Russian Navy has cancelled its plans to modernize and upgrade its nuclear-powered battlecruiser, Pyotr Veliky, which Moscow claimed to be the world’s most powerful surface warship.
Recently, several images and videos have circulated on Chinese social media, allegedly showing the maiden flight of the country’s stealth bomber, the Xian H-20.
Efforts to arm the Korean Aerospace Industries (KAI)-built FA-50 fighter jets with a more compact variant of the Taurus KEPD 350K-2 cruise missile are steadily becoming a reality.
The Thai Ministry of Defence has expressed full support for the Royal Thai Air Force’s (RTAF) decision to procure the Swedish-made JAS39 Gripen fighter jets over the American-made F-16.
Türkiye has launched two İstif-class frigates, Izmir (F-516) and Izmit (F-517), developed under the country’s National Warship Development Program for the Turkish Navy, known as MILGEM.
European defence giant MBDA, in collaboration with SAAB through their joint venture TAURUS Systems GmbH, has signed a contract with the German Armed Forces to modernize and maintain the TAURUS KEPD 350 cruise missiles.
Indonesia will station its newly acquired French-made Rafale fighter jets at two key Air Force bases: Roesmin Nurjadin Air Base in Pekanbaru, Riau, and Supadio Air Base in Pontianak, West Kalimantan.
After 26 years docked at the shipyard undergoing extensive repairs and modernization, the Russian Navy’s Kirov-class cruiser Admiral Nakhimov has reportedly begun sea trials at the end of December.
A delegation of senior Russian officials is reportedly en route to Algeria, potentially to finalize negotiations for the purchase of the fifth-generation Su-57 fighter jets.