Speaking of the Su-30, here’s a video of them escorting the Belarussian president’s visit to the country yesterday, one has the new spliter camo, the other is using the older one
Alternative HD video:
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There where some changes to the rules final plans maybe allowed.
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Unconfirmed reports of Indonesia planning on getting the Astra Mk1 BVRAAM
Apparently its going to be discussed during PM Modi’s visit to Indonesia, which is happening at this moment (6-8 July).
Most likely would be for the Su-30, since we will use the Meteor on the rafale. Plus India had offered to modify our Sukhois in the past, so its not too far fetched
of course, no clue what tier this guy is in the Indian scene, so take it with a grain of salt
EDIT: NVM i missed the news, was confirmed via reuters
NEW DELHI, July 7 (Reuters) - India will supply BrahMos supersonic cruise missiles and Astra air-to-air missiles to Indonesia, an Indian government official said on Tuesday, as Indian Prime Minister Nahrendra Modi started a two-day visit to Jakarta.
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During the meeting between the two leaders at the Presidential Palace, palace official announces that Republikorp and Bharat Dynamics has signed a cooperation agreement on air-to-air missiles.
Spoiler
In case the X link does not work, this is the full video by the Presidential Secretariat, the important bits started at 2:13:50 timestamp
https://www.youtube.com/live/DDifRTPJHGI?&t=8030
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worth noting, unlike the Brahmos, it is not a deal just yet, so it probably wouldnt be here anytime soon, but still an interesting development nevertheless
is it known if it is the surface or air launched Brahmos?
was mentioned to be several batteries for coastal defence, so presumably ground use, I havent seen anything about the air-launched version
doubt it air launch version because at the start Indonesia only interested in Coastal battery version of Brahmos
would the astra mk1 be better than the r-77-1? seems to be basically base r-77 clone
probably more range and less pull
due to the lack of grid fins
New suggestion for the ID Su-30MK2, check it out!
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Found this old article from the long-gone Angkasa magazine website, it’s said that the Army’s Bell 205 was also capable of carrying rocket pods, but no more details about it.
https://web.archive.org/web/20070624105232/http://www.angkasa-online.com/11/02/khusus/khusus1.htm
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i mean of course Bell heli can mounted guns and rocket as a gunship but the problem is did the army every really do that?
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With Malaysia in game I am sad we don’t have her P-51 these WW2 props plus the Thai stuff would provide some good fighter bomber options for ground line ups.
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I have a theory that back in the 1950s, AURI sourced their aerial bombs and rockets from the British, and that seems to support it. It’s unfortunate that I have yet to find sources explicitly mentioning it.
A while ago I discovered that Indonesian B-25 and B-26 were equipped with what looks like British bombs.
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tbf we’re still using British bombs well until the 1990s (in the case of the hawk53), and also there was a lot of mention of the RAF in the Angkasa 1951-52 books, but dunno if theres a correlation there or not
theyre accessible via wikipedia if any of yall wanna read them (obviously in Indonesian, and only the 1951-52 version)
click the link, click the image on the page, itll bring you to its own pdf reader
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That’s interesting though people don’t seem to care where a munition came from just that it works.
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Another one! Su-27SKM this time
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