Southeast Asian (ASEAN) Machinery Of War Discussion Thread

confirmation that BrahMos is being purchased

https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/indonesia-says-it-has-entered-agreement-with-india-procure-brahmos-missiles-2026-03-09/?taid=69aea87614087e0001d00a79&utm_campaign=trueAnthem%3A+Trending+Content&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=twitter

do note the quote above, rather than denying the plan to integrate brahmos for the flankers, they merely just said that it hasn’t been purchased yet,so now I think there is a real possibility of that happening

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Forgot to post here:

Indonesia will receive Trisula O/U ADS-400 MERAD/LORAD as well as the HQ-9 (FD-2000) LORAD in the 2nd half of 2027



Additionally, a deal for 16 KF-21 Block II is awaiting confirmation. The first batch is expected to arrive in mid-2028. Apparently the contract signing will took place during the president's visit to SK at the end of March.

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Additionnal Rafale too possibly according to french media with the indonesian president coming to France soon.

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forgot about that one!

intelligenceonline’s pretty credible when it comes to news relating to us in the past, so its most likely true

There are also some talks that the J-10B deal is almost off/stalled (thank god). I think the funds for it went for the HQ-9, but it could also go towards the Jeff17 since we’re also interested in that

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everytime i read this thread its just indonesia going “a little bit of this, a little bit of that”

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From what i understand of one of the indonesian analyst ? or defense journalist ? Indonesia recklessly buying random stuff because they felt like it is about to stop pretty much with their debt rating getting lower etc…

would be a blessing in disguise really, some of these decisions are for lack of a better word riddled with suspicious activities (smells of corruption)

like the Garribaldi, our Turkish broker got the deal for the retrofit, while they havent got a proper dry dock facility for the actual carrier, or the fact that the same broker is facilitating us buying 2 empty hull of frigates for 1 billion USD

thankfully some Italian politicians are already lodging complaints about it which should give some transparency

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to be fair thats a good summary of the procurement plan, which I dont think there is any tbh

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Speaking of HQ-9, do we know which one exactly?

from what I’ve heard its the FD-2000B, of course dunno how valid that info is

Is there anyone who mentioned MB339AM of Malaysia? I guess that could be a very good CAS for Japanese sub TT, even premium( consider MB326 is so good now)

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RE:

was confirmed today from SK side

(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Lee Jung-hyun = The Korean fighter jet KF-21, scheduled for mass production within the year, will be exported for the first time to its co-developer, Indonesia.

According to a government official on the 19th, an export contract agreement for the introduction of 16 KF-21s from Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) is scheduled to be signed during Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto’s state visit to Korea, which is scheduled for the end of this month.

The official explained that a separate contract signing ceremony would be held in the first half of the year following the process of coordinating the final agreement amount.

On the 19th, a government official stated, “Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto will make a state visit to Korea on the 1st of next month, visit Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI), and sign an export contract for the KF-21,” adding, “We plan to sign an implementation contract during the first half of the year after coordinating the final agreement amount.” Indonesia initially intended to acquire 48 KF-21 fighter jets. However, due to budget constraints , the plan is to initially acquire 16 units.

The South Korean government and Indonesia are currently coordinating final negotiations regarding technology transfer and MRO (Maintenance, Rep air, and Overhaul). Both countries plan to sign a contract within the first half of the year. The Indonesian side is reportedly planning to hold the implementation contract signing ceremony locally.

Hopefully we’ll try and get the Block 3 in the future as well 🙏

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my Goddess the meme is true Indonesia will become a Ace Combat line up.

Cruiser RI Irian suggestion is passed to devs

Also here’s a rare video of Irian in 1963, I had wanted to share it before, but I always forgetting about it

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on another note our Rafale Cs are currently on the way to Indonesia for delivery, unclear exactly when they’ll arrive, but should be soon

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What I understand from the article is that the KF-21 joint development phase will end in June, and not the contract finalization (iirc Mr Alman has previously explained about it in one of his videos about KF-21 project). There’s still the next day (2 April), so we’ll see if they actually sign the contract tomorrow.

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ahh i see, alright will fix it!

Forgot to promote my suggestion lol but anyways my suggestion for the SPYDER Philippines Air Defense System (a unique subvariant of SPYDER-MR, different radar unit) was accepted a while ago.

Please do check it out!

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