Southeast Asian (ASEAN) Machinery Of War Discussion Thread

alright time to summarize ID rumors/news again

New fighter (yes, jet fighter) squadron for Makassar & near Kendari respectively

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Kendari is most certainly will be equipped with the J-10B, now the Makassar one is quite interesting, what is there? Flankers, could be just that, but what is the current rumors circulating?

MiG-29 Agressor squadron. loaned (for some reason) from K̶a̶z̶a̶k̶h̶s̶t̶a̶n̶ A Third-Party Company. Basis for this? KERIS asked a hypothetical question, and people thought it was a secret reveal, and not a theoritical question.

Rumor origin

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Personally I dont think its true, but hey it is circulating so theres that. Just something to keep in mind.


Now another news

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The Vice MoD (surprise surprise) denies the deal is concluded and reached. The What’s interesting isnt that, its this piece:

General Anil Chauhan even offered to modify Indonesian Sukhoi jets to make them compatible with BrahMos technology. This offer included missile integration for land, sea, and air strike missions. However, the plan has not yet been implemented due to the lack of a basic contract.

“So, there were no plans. The modifications were offered to modify our Sukhoi jets to carry BrahMos. But we haven’t purchased BrahMos ourselves, and we haven’t yet. There’s no contract in that direction, so there’s nothing yet,” said Deputy Defense Minister Donny.

So no plans to modify with Brahmos because we havent bought it yet, but As ive stated before, the Deal/MoU has been signed, so could we see Sukhois with BrahMos in the future? 🤔

lowkey I find it funny how hes the Director of Business at BTI Defence and the man has a Gru PNG as a profile picture

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Indonesian Apache Guardian got its flag in the latest dev server and… radar apparently

Located after the DJP and not the Mi-35
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Radar, fine it COULDVE been purchased i guess, but if it has DIRCM then its just straight up wrong

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I don’t usually post procurement rumors here, unless it was uploaded by official source(s). Below is a photo of officials from Haluoleo Air Force Base, Kendari in a meeting on 22 October about the airbase’s expansion plan to accommodate a new combat squadron.

Instagram post by Haluoleo Air Force Base on 22 October 2025

The choice of aircraft for the presentation slide is interesting to say the least. Moreover it confirms earlier rumors from the insider’s leak.

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Good news. Someone just found documentation from US DoD (Well… DoW now)

Indonesia was mentioned recieving support services for the Longbow FCRS.



This may prove Indonesia possesses the Longbow Radar post 2017 delivery.

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If you want to support the Longbow bug report for ID Apache here’s the link.

https://community.gaijin.net/issues/p/warthunder/i/nZPgRbLEL0SF

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Closed because "not a bug"🥀

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Enough said.

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Good news, another manager changed the status to “Accepted” and passed it to devs

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alright I’ve posted a whole lotta images of almost all Indonesian Ground Vehicles here:

It uses the tech tree thing that Ive been working on for the past few months as well as my old GDOC vehicle description into this mega-compilation. Of course its not the ENTIRETY, but its still a significant amount of vehicles + brief description (88 Vehicles!)

Feel free to check it out!

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Amx-13 modernization, 🤩

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Do I have rights to complain on why it is placed after the AH-64DJP instead of the Mi-35?

I mean sure its the Apache line, but it literally make it detached from the Indonesian Heli line and it doesn’t make sense to separate them

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Not sure if it’s the Stingray with a cope cage, or if the cage is part of the structure or a vehicle behind the Stingray.
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Full photo, posted by Thai army news, near Thailand-Cambodia boarder

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probably so that its easier to grind for people whos already done the heli tree, so you dont need to grind Mi-35P + apache

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-10-31/indonesia-no-closer-to-purchase-of-chinese-jets-minister-says?taid=69046163ffdc3a000133224b

Survey of the airbase hosting said jets is already taking place, so its not exactly “No closer” is it

do keep in mind this part

Indonesian officials said this year one option is to review reviving plans to acquire the costly F-15EX fighter jets from Boeing Co.

The minister made the remarks as he was leaving a bilateral meeting with US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.

hmm why is he saying its not close? Maybe its because he had that interview while he was leaving a meeting alongside US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth. Probably dont wanna anger the US

https://x.com/SecWar/status/1984141223897264406

Productive meeting today with Defense Minister Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin where we discussed deepening our defense ties. Indonesia is a valued partner and an anchor of regional stability. I look forward to welcoming him to the Pentagon soon.

F-15IDN deal (hopefully) done by 2027

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If so then what’s the purpose of adding the Indonesian sub tree branch from the main Japanese line if it eventually goes to the Japanese main line anyway, rendering the sub-tree branch useless

Probably wanted to separate Western tech or eastern tech. Who knows, maybe they’re saving that spot for the other sub-tree helicopters for TH or MY.

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for some reason didnt see the “new” notification on the categories for this

Still waiting for the AH-6i to be delivered to the Thai military — the last photo surfaced a year ago.


Mr-bean-waiting

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