{"id":9541,"date":"2025-06-04T18:04:05","date_gmt":"2025-06-04T18:04:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=9541"},"modified":"2025-06-04T18:04:05","modified_gmt":"2025-06-04T18:04:05","slug":"indonesia-eyes-j-10s-from-china-questions-8b-us-f-15ex-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=9541","title":{"rendered":"Indonesia eyes J-10s from China, questions $8b US F-15EX deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Indonesia is weighing buying China&#8217;s J-10 fighter jets, given their relatively cheaper price and advanced capability, as it also considers finalising a purchase of US-made F-15EX jets, a senior official said on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Southeast Asia&#8217;s most populous country has in recent years embarked on efforts to modernise its ageing military hardware. In 2022 it bought 42 French Rafale jets worth $8.1 billion, six of which will be delivered next year.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We have had talks with China and they offered us a lot, not just J-10, but also ships, arms, frigates,&#8221; said Deputy Defence Minister and retired Air Marshal Donny Ermawan Taufanto.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re evaluating J-10,&#8221; Taufanto said, adding that Jakarta was reviewing system compatibility and after-sales support as well as pricing.<\/p>\n<p>Read more:\u00a0Indonesia&#8217;s $8.1b Rafale deal questioned after Pakistan downs Indian jets<\/p>\n<p>A potential purchase has been considered for over a year, before the recent conflict between India and Pakistan, but Taufanto said Indonesia would factor in reports that a Pakistani J-10 plane shot down multiple Indian jets last month.<\/p>\n<p>Jakarta also continues to consider whether to proceed with the next step for its purchase of F-15EX fighters, he said, following the defence ministry&#8217;s deal with planemaker Boeing\u00a0(BA.N), opens new tab\u00a0for the sale in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Taufanto said the US\u00a0jets&#8217; capabilities were well recorded, but suggested the offered price of $8 billion for 24 planes remained in question.<\/p>\n<p>French President Emmanuel Macron said after meeting Indonesian counterpart Prabowo Subianto in Jakarta last week that they had signed a preliminary defence pact that could lead to new orders of French hardware including Rafale jets.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re considering (France&#8217;s) offer. We&#8217;re considering our own budget, we&#8217;re evaluating, especially given we have other options like J-10, F-15,&#8221; Taufanto said.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Indonesia is weighing buying China&#8217;s J-10 fighter jets, given their relatively cheaper price and advanced capability, as it also considers finalising a purchase of US-made F-15EX jets, a senior official said on Wednesday. Southeast Asia&#8217;s most populous country has in recent years embarked on efforts to modernise its ageing military hardware. In 2022 it bought [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9541","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9541","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9541"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9541\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9541"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9541"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9541"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}