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Indonesian Air Force Plans to Replace US F-5 Tiger Jets With Russian Su-35S
17:14 05.02.2015
MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Indonesian Air Force plans to buy more sophisticated fighter jets to replace its aging US-made Northrop F-5 Tiger II fleet, and is considering Russian Sukhoi Su-35 (Flanker-E) jets, Indonesian Air Force chief Agus Supriatna said.
"We hope the government fulfills our wish to purchase Sukhoi SU-35s. All can place orders, but we, as the operators, want jets over generation 4 to be ordered," Supriatna said, as quoted by the Antara News agency Wednesday.
One of the reasons to buy the Su-35S is that Russian jets are much easier to maintain than US fighter jets, Supriatna stated.
In January, Russian Ambassador to Indonesia Mikhail Galuzin said that Moscow wanted to maintain military cooperation between the two counties and hopes that the agreement to supply Sukhoi jets to Indonesia would be signed.
The Su-35 is a single-seat fighter jet, an upgraded modification of the Su-27. China is currently planning to buy 24 Russian-produced Su-35 jets.
Indonesian Air Force Plans to Replace US F-5 Tiger Jets With Russian Su-35S / Sputnik International
Is it really Su 35 S ? Which is the latest version and used by Russian Airforce...........
But what kind of tot can we gain from russia considering our poor ability in millitary technology, aesa radar?? I doubt it, probably airframe but hopely missile.
Missile is a good one, and after doing R&D with South Korea in KFX/IFX program, I believe our ability to absorb advance technology is going up quickly since then. For radar, our technology is not too poor, we can develop passive radar for ship and has been installed already for our frigate, and our cooperation with Iran in making passive radar is underway currently, so AESA technology is not unreachable in my opinion.