HellFireIndo
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Shiet, pardon me that i forgot about the South Korean THAAD shenanigans, seems like the thing is not really just a defense product for sale, but apparently this stuff is part of US' containment strategy through their allied nations.
SAMP/T and Patriot are both good choices, but i feel that TNI would lean more towards SAMP/T, cause they already gone through a lot of deals with MBDA, and currently operate many of their products ranging from Mistral to the VL MICA and Exocet. I would infinitely prefers SAMP/T more than ground based VL MICA, and to some extent the Patriot, cause looking at the spec, seems like SAMP/T is more modern and is overall a better system duw to it's "better" Aster NT missiles and multirole capability, able to act as Field Air Defence on top of Area Air Defense capability, unlike Patriot which was build mostly for the latter only (for MEADS, i don't really know)
But before that, i think some deals for the Asters would be a good start, perhaps when somehow Iver be fitted with SYLVER i guess ?(i am fine with either Mk41 or Sylver). Of course the problem with MBDA choice would always be the cost, being usually more expensive as their products are often twice the price of American counterpart, but with a slight advantage of the ease of purchase and less political strings attached compared to US arms sales.
The like of JKGR kids would like to see a S400, but i'd like to say that it's a very low probability. Even in 1960s' dire situation, the Army still refuse to use any Russian weapons, when at that time the Navy and the Air Force's inventory were literally dominated by Russian weaponry. Knowing that, it's a no question that the Army would not accept the idea of buying and using Russian made strategic SAM when any other choice is available(but what if the Air Force got it instead?). For the Marines, Pantsir S1 as a tactical SAM would be good i guess, the Marines would happily accept the idea to continue to serve as a gudang senjata Rusia.
