The V-22 Osprey Is Perfect For Indonesia And Now They Can Buy Them
For a country with 17,000 islands and unique national security concerns spread across them, the Osprey isn’t cheap, but it will be a valuable tool.
For a country with 17,000 islands and unique national security concerns spread across them, the Osprey isn’t cheap, but it will be a valuable tool.
Just as The War Zone predicted a month ago, Russia has waded deeper into the rift between the U.S. and Turkey over the sale of Moscow’s S-400 air defense system to Ankara and the resulting U.S. embargo on F-35 Joint Strike Fighters to Turkey. The head of Russia’s top state-run industrial conglomerate Rostec has now stated it is ready to cooperate with Turkey on the export and production of their Su-57 advanced fighter jet to fill the hole left by the F-35.
Russia may attempt to fill the vacuum created by a U.S. embargo on F-35 exports to Turkey with an export variant of its Su-57 advanced fighter.
The Chinese have their own plans to use the missiles on land and at sea, but also hope to court foreign buyers.