Making sense of Indonesia’s Chinese J-10C fighter deal

When Indonesia confirmed its US$9 billion purchase of 42 Chinese J-10C fighter jets last week, observers across Asia and the West did a double-take. The Southeast Asian nation – already engaged in an extensive Rafale program with France, a pending Turkish KAAN order and long-standing US military ties – is now flying squarely between two […] The post Making sense of Indonesia’s Chinese J-10C fighter deal appeared first on Asia Times .