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Indonesia’s defense spending is expected to rise nearly 20% in 2020 from the previous year, bringing it to about 5% of total government spending. The increase is attributed in part to the modernization of the country’s Armed Forces, the improved well-being of its military personnel and greater indigenization of the country’s defense industry.
A key part of Indonesia’s defense modernization is an upgrade of critical weapons systems, Indonesian Minister of Defence Prabowo Subianto, pictured, told reporters in Jakarta on December 3, 2019.
“Our defense budget is the lowest compared to our neighbors in Southeast Asia. It has yet to reach 1% of our GDP [gross domestic product],” said Subianto, a retired general. He added that some other countries in the region spend between 2% and 3% of GDP on defense and that a significant rise is necessary for the country’s sovereignty and security.
Jakarta’s state budget for 2020 allocates U.S. $ 9.26 billion for defense, up 19.8% from 2019, according to the Indonesian Ministry of Finance.
The Ministry of Defence outlined proposals for multibillion-dollar investments that include fighter aircraft, transport aircraft, tanks, air defense systems and surface fighters, reported IHS Jane’s Defence.
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Lockheed Martin F-16V Block 70/72 Fighting Falcon Multirole Combat Aircraft is the costliest acquisition in the government’s defense priorities for 2020-2024. Two squadrons, totaling 32 planes, will cost an estimated U.S. $2 billion. Indonesia’s Navy is projected to acquire a variant of Denmark’s Iver Huitfeldt-class frigate as part of its U.S. $720 million frigate acquisition program. A pair of hydrographic survey ships — also suitable for submarine rescues — have been approved for U.S. $143 million. The Army’s procurement plans include the acquisition of up to 10 Boeing CH-47F Chinook heavy-lift transport helicopters, which are useful in humanitarian assistance and disaster relief missions.
Indonesian President Joko Widodo announced a defense spending goal of 1.5% of Indonesia’s GDP by 2019 during his first presidential campaign in 2014, analyst Daniel Darling wrote in an August 2019 report for Forecast International, a defense research group.
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“Achieving the 1.5 percent of GDP benchmark is in line with Indonesia’s larger military reform goal of creating a force-of-scale capable of meeting the minimum response required to deal with a variety of strategic threats by 2024,” Darling stated. The military reforms involve recruiting, retaining, housing, equipping and training a force that is able to deploy the minimal assets necessary to conduct counterinsurgency operations, international peacekeeping missions and disaster relief operations, as well as offshore and exclusive economic zone protection.
Beijing’s claims to areas of the South China Sea that overlap with Indonesia’s territorial waters is one strategic challenge Jakarta faces, Darling added.
Moreover, indigenous defense industry growth is a priority going forward for the next five to 10 years, explained Indonesian Deputy Minister of Defense Sakti Wahyu Trenggono in a November 29, 2019, media roundtable.
“It is certain that we want the production capacity and capability of the local defense industry to be maximized for the absorption of the defense budget,” he said.
Tom Abke is a FORUM contributor reporting from Singapore.
Fregat Iver Huitfeldt class [Brian Aitkenhead] ☆Indonesia’s defense spending is expected to rise nearly 20% in 2020 from the previous year, bringing it to about 5% of total government spending. The increase is attributed in part to the modernization of the country’s Armed Forces, the improved well-being of its military personnel and greater indigenization of the country’s defense industry.
A key part of Indonesia’s defense modernization is an upgrade of critical weapons systems, Indonesian Minister of Defence Prabowo Subianto, pictured, told reporters in Jakarta on December 3, 2019.
“Our defense budget is the lowest compared to our neighbors in Southeast Asia. It has yet to reach 1% of our GDP [gross domestic product],” said Subianto, a retired general. He added that some other countries in the region spend between 2% and 3% of GDP on defense and that a significant rise is necessary for the country’s sovereignty and security.
Jakarta’s state budget for 2020 allocates U.S. $ 9.26 billion for defense, up 19.8% from 2019, according to the Indonesian Ministry of Finance.
The Ministry of Defence outlined proposals for multibillion-dollar investments that include fighter aircraft, transport aircraft, tanks, air defense systems and surface fighters, reported IHS Jane’s Defence.
Ilustration F16V [Lockheed Martin]Lockheed Martin F-16V Block 70/72 Fighting Falcon Multirole Combat Aircraft is the costliest acquisition in the government’s defense priorities for 2020-2024. Two squadrons, totaling 32 planes, will cost an estimated U.S. $2 billion. Indonesia’s Navy is projected to acquire a variant of Denmark’s Iver Huitfeldt-class frigate as part of its U.S. $720 million frigate acquisition program. A pair of hydrographic survey ships — also suitable for submarine rescues — have been approved for U.S. $143 million. The Army’s procurement plans include the acquisition of up to 10 Boeing CH-47F Chinook heavy-lift transport helicopters, which are useful in humanitarian assistance and disaster relief missions.
Indonesian President Joko Widodo announced a defense spending goal of 1.5% of Indonesia’s GDP by 2019 during his first presidential campaign in 2014, analyst Daniel Darling wrote in an August 2019 report for Forecast International, a defense research group.
KRI 405 [submarine.id]“Achieving the 1.5 percent of GDP benchmark is in line with Indonesia’s larger military reform goal of creating a force-of-scale capable of meeting the minimum response required to deal with a variety of strategic threats by 2024,” Darling stated. The military reforms involve recruiting, retaining, housing, equipping and training a force that is able to deploy the minimal assets necessary to conduct counterinsurgency operations, international peacekeeping missions and disaster relief operations, as well as offshore and exclusive economic zone protection.
Beijing’s claims to areas of the South China Sea that overlap with Indonesia’s territorial waters is one strategic challenge Jakarta faces, Darling added.
Moreover, indigenous defense industry growth is a priority going forward for the next five to 10 years, explained Indonesian Deputy Minister of Defense Sakti Wahyu Trenggono in a November 29, 2019, media roundtable.
“It is certain that we want the production capacity and capability of the local defense industry to be maximized for the absorption of the defense budget,” he said.
Tom Abke is a FORUM contributor reporting from Singapore.
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