Indonesia scraps plan to buy Mirage fighter jets from Qatar
Sunday, 11 February 2024 Indonesia has ditched a controversial plan to buy 733 million euros ($790 million) worth of Mirage 2000-5 fighter jets previously used by Qatar, the defence ministry spokesperson said late on Saturday. "There is no purchase of Mirage jets. Even though it was planned, it has been cancelled ... meaning there is no active contract," spokesperson Dahnil Anzar Simanjuntak said in a statement, but did not elaborate.
Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoygu said on Wednesday that going by statistics Russian air defense systems will shoot down all F-16 fighter jets promised to Ukraine in a matter of 20 days. U.S.-made F-16 fighter jets for Ukraine have begun arriving at training centers in the United States, Denmark...
Sunday, 11 February 2024
