Indonesia acquired the approval of
United States government on its plan to purchase Apace AH-64 attack helicopters
with the procurement document signed by the Defense Minister of Indonesia Yusgiantoro
and the visiting United States Defense Secretary Hagel.
"Thanks to the US government, they
can now have the Apaches. The Indonesia were thinking of creating Apache
squadron in the near future".
The defense minister of Indonesia
said that procurement of the attack helicopters was part of their plan to
modernize its military forces.
In its modernization plan, they have
procured Su-27 and Flanker fighter jets from Russia, Main Battle Tanks from
Germany and anti-insurgency planes from Brazil. Their trainer planes from South
Korea is now expecting the delivery of F-16 used planes from United States and C-130
cargo planes from Australia.
The Indonesian defense minister said
that Indonesia and United States will co-host CTX (Counter Terrorism Exercise) scheduled
from September 5 - 13 in the Indonesia peacekeeping forces training center
located in West Java Sentul. 18 countries were expected during the said event.
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