F18 hornet at Butterworth Air Base tu from where?
Uganda Selatan?

ichi_24 this is Tango Foxtrot Lima Two-Two, target in quote and lazed, request for a smooth barrage over target over!

benda baru plan, US plak beriya2 nak bagi barang!

and want to make China panas!

well supposedly the HUErca HUErea Brasileira (Brazillian HUEr force) already have extensive mainainence infrastructure and munition for F-5Es since they've been using it since forever. similar with F-4s in turkish,japanese and south korean air force or Mig-21 in indian air force. these used F-5Es will be extensively upgraded by Embraer

besides F-5Es have lower maintainence and flight per hour cost than Mirage 2000s. the reason why taiwan and UAE are also going to ditch their Mirages

ofc made in us aew (most possibly E-2. them bloody yanks are too cheapskate to sell us E-3.... and then singapore bising lg.....)

thing is, the us view my/sg situation like jordan+egypt+saudi arabia/israel in the middle east

they're trying to stabilize the region by rearming it's closest ally with the best weaponry possible, while also re-arming other allies in the region. the latter won't have qualitative edge to invade the former but are adequately armed just in case shyt happens. the former are better armed qualitatively but will not have clear quantitative edge to launch strategic-scale open war against its neighbors (which are also US allies).

it's a way for the US to stabilize the region. any imbalance in term of military acquisition will definitely destabilize the whole region.

try going through jordanian military assets. they are at least 1 generation behind the israeli, yet better than anything the syrian or iraninan have at the moment. same goes with egypt. they are the strongest military power in the whole of africa

the only way to bypass this logic is by buying other countries' equipmentd. but then it will make us farther from the us. as much as we hate it we still have to rely on unker sam just in case shyt happens

As per Dec 17'13,
*  TNI AU received 3 new CN295 ( 5 total in current asset)
*  TNI AD received 6 heli serbu Bell 412 EP (out of 24 in order)
*  TNI AD will receive 16 Heli jenis Fennec in 2014
*  TNI AL receive 37 unit tank BMP3F from Rusia this week
*    TNI AL received KCR 40m made by Palindo Batam (4 in total so far)
*    TNI AL received KCR 60m made by PT PAL
* TNI AU receive all 16 jet T50 Golden Eagle by the end of Dec
* TNI AU receive all 16 Super Tucano in less than a year from now

in 2014,
* 3 light fregat nakhoda ragam
* kapal angkut tank (LPD capable to carry leopard 2)
* kapal BCM (Bantu Cair Minyak)
* leopard 2
* Marder
* panser Anoa
* MLRS Astross
* artileri Caesar Nexter
* artileri KH179
* rudal Starstreak
* rudal Mistral
* jet tempur F16block 32/52

For MEF 2 periode 2015-2019 with estimated allocated budget for alutsista US$20 billion...
expected aditional alutsista:
* TNI AU 1 Skuadron Sukhoi Family
* 1 skuadron f16 batch2
* 1 skuadron Typhoon.
* 3-5 fregat from Rusia
* 3-5 kapal PKR10514 Sigma/2 Destroyer from netherland
* Heli Apache dan Blackhawk
* SAM (S300/400 in discussion)
* 4 Kilo, 4 Amur dan 4 Changbogo submarines

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