i find their procurement of leos and apaches a bit strange.
given their geographical layout (lots of islands and stretched out) they should put priority on navy/marine/coastal defense.
leos limited use in rural areas; apaches are effectively tank-killers - but kill what?

leo is definitely for fibua operation

i find their procurement of leos and apaches a bit strange.
given their geographical layout (lots of islands and stretched out) they should put priority on navy/marine/coastal defense.

leos limited use in rural areas; apaches are effectively tank-killers - but kill what?

i find their procurement of leos and apaches a bit strange.
given their geographical layout (lots of islands and stretched out) they should put priority on navy/marine/coastal defense.

leos limited use in rural areas; apaches are effectively tank-killers - but kill what?

how much T-84 did Thai bought?

Ukraine presented the first production tank MBT T-84 Oplot-M for Thailand

The first production tank MBT T-84 Oplot-M for Thailand  was presented  in Kharkiv (Ukrainian) on June 26.

Ukrainian State Company for Export and Import of Military and Special Products and Services (Ukrspetseksport), which is a part of the Ukroboronprom state concern, intends to supply 49 T-84 Oplot tanks to Thailand.

As Ukrainian News reported, Ukrspetseksport on September 1 signed a contract with the Defense Ministry of Thailand to deliver 49 Oplot tanks for a sum exceeding USD 200 million.

On August 5, Ukrspetseksport reached agreement with Thailand for manufacture of 121 pieces of BTR-3E1 armored personnel carriers and support vehicles based on them worth a total of more than USD 140 million.

Ukrspetseksport is part of the Ukroboronprom state-run concern, which also comprising enterprises producing military hardware, including tank-building enterprises.

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The indonesia apche deal was not a good 1.
Too expensive.
However procuring a attack heli will give them a very good cas platform.
The sulu incident in ld shown we need attack heli support.
But theb again idon should have focus on increase their hind fleet instead.

As for leo, it was definitely a good deal.
But the question still on how are they going to utilize it to suit their environment.
If the leo were able to work well then it just a waste of fund even it were cheap.
I would love to see how are they going to transport those leos from island to island if leos service is require.
Marder tank perhaps able to shed some light in our question.

The indonesia apche deal was not a good 1.
Too expensive.
However procuring a attack heli will give them a very good cas platform.
The sulu incident in ld shown we need attack heli support.
But theb again idon should have focus on increase their hind fleet instead.

for Year 2013 price already at that level with so many electronic improvement ，and price increase more than 40 million perunit....
South Korea buy 36 Apache AH-64E （block 3）with 1.6 billion, around 44 million per-unit (include maintanance, missile, traning etc... )
event Tiger packages also more than 40m for 2013 （HAD version)

http://www.army-technology.com/news/newsbo...ers-south-korea

Indonesia is currently building 3 unit LST specially built to carry the Leo 2's with the recently keel laying of the 3rd LST. Each LST could carry 10 Leo 2's + 2 supporting vehicle. With the completion of the 3 LST then TNI-AL have the capability to transport & move 30 units Leo 2's to any Indonesian port of destination.



And for the Apaches. according to the article that TNI-AD is planning to form an Apache Squadron my guess is that it will not be 8 units as previous reported but is negotiating for a full squadron for maybe 16 - 18 units with a combination of Block III (Longbow) & Block II or at least 12 units of Apaches.

I'm still not convince with the effectiveness of the lst.
10 units dat small amount. Should build a bigger ship.
As for the apache we have to wait the whole deal conclude  if the deals is still that expensive indon would be better off going for alternatives heli.

Why not LST? Here is the Greek Jason Class LST carrying Leo 2A6 HEL.







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According some reports TNI-AD second choice is the AH-IZ Zulu as an alternative.

Sk buy 36 unit for 1.6b but indon buy 8 units for 1.4bil
Expensive or not you judge it.

I'm still not convince with the effectiveness of the lst.
10 units dat small amount. Should build a bigger ship.
As for the apache we have to wait the whole deal conclude  if the deals is still that expensive indon would be better off going for alternatives heli.

Nah. Cannot put too many tanks in one ship as well. Have to "optimize".

About Apache deal for indon, i really remember how the soviets treat their Arab "brothers" back in the Cold War. I have no idea how much they are paying for the T-72 tanks and other weapons, but i always kinda wondering if the super powers would actually allows countries in South East Asia here have the same level of technology they originally have in the original models. Maybe this time US is giving good stuff to the indon, but for a "good" price tag. 

the americans won't allow sales of weapons that can destabilize the balance-of-power in the region.
the good stuff is only sold to allies like sg and thailand, even then these allies don't get the full spec.

even singapore had to lobby hard to get their apache 64d; originally US would only sell the 64a.