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Not that I've thought about Indonesia much but it seems unlikely to me that a country its size (~270M people, ~1M in various kinds of armed services, strengthening democracy, decent economy) would see it in their interests to allow any kind of substantial foreign basing in this situation. They've played the nonaligned role during the Cold War so it will be interesting to see what kinds of dynamics come about this time. Not that I mean to confound Malaysia and Indonesia but the region can be "interesting", one example being U.S. Navy's hefty "Fat Leonard" corruption scandal.I looked cursorily into Indonesia's military equipment and it's bewilderingly diverse, hard to think some streamlining and consolidation isn't in order. While some of their equipment seemed up to date, if thinly spread, of note (to me at least) is their relative lack of air defense radar systems and missiles. Indonesia is apparently engaged in an effort for a "Minimum Essential Force" or MEF to be attained by 2024; I took that to mean that they intend their armed forces to be able to actually believably repel an invasion by that time without just degrading the enemy and then switching to guerrilla tactics.Not exactly sure how large an investment KFX is to them in relation to all other defense expenditures and investments but quite a lot, in terms of alignment, could hinge on that project succeeding.
Not that I've thought about Indonesia much but it seems unlikely to me that a country its size (~270M people, ~1M in various kinds of armed services, strengthening democracy, decent economy) would see it in their interests to allow any kind of substantial foreign basing in this situation. They've played the nonaligned role during the Cold War so it will be interesting to see what kinds of dynamics come about this time. Not that I mean to confound Malaysia and Indonesia but the region can be "interesting", one example being U.S. Navy's hefty "Fat Leonard" corruption scandal.
I looked cursorily into Indonesia's military equipment and it's bewilderingly diverse, hard to think some streamlining and consolidation isn't in order. While some of their equipment seemed up to date, if thinly spread, of note (to me at least) is their relative lack of air defense radar systems and missiles. Indonesia is apparently engaged in an effort for a "Minimum Essential Force" or MEF to be attained by 2024; I took that to mean that they intend their armed forces to be able to actually believably repel an invasion by that time without just degrading the enemy and then switching to guerrilla tactics.
Not exactly sure how large an investment KFX is to them in relation to all other defense expenditures and investments but quite a lot, in terms of alignment, could hinge on that project succeeding.
