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Indonesia to build up defence capabilities with new aircraft
Key takeaways
- Prabowo presided over a handover ceremony at a military airbase in Jakarta, where he inspected recently-acquired defence equipment including six Dassault Falcon 8x and two Airbus A400M Atlas aircraft.
- Jakarta signed an $8.1 billion deal in 2022 under then-defence minister Prabowo to purchase 42 French-made Rafale fighters.
- Prabowo said after the ceremony on Monday that Indonesia will keep strengthening its defence capabilities.
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Add ARY News on Google AAResize JAKARTA: Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto said Monday that the Southeast Asian country will continue to build up its defence capabilities as the government handed over equipment including six French-made Rafale jets to the military.
Prabowo presided over a handover ceremony at a military airbase in Jakarta, where he inspected recently-acquired defence equipment including six Dassault Falcon 8x and two Airbus A400M Atlas aircraft.
Jakarta signed an $8.1 billion deal in 2022 under then-defence minister Prabowo to purchase 42 French-made Rafale fighters.
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