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Air
Force of Indonesia has successfully tested two local-made bombs for Sukhoi
fighter aircraft.
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Sukhoi fighter jets from
the Indonesian Air Force have successfully tested two types of bombs
developed and built by domestic manufacturers, Indonesia’s Tribunnews
said on Friday 24, 2012.
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At least three Su-family fighter jets from the 11th
Air Squadron at the Hasanuddin Air Force Base in Makassar, South Sulawesi,
were used to test BTN-250 and BLA P-50 bombs produced by the Army's
Industrial Center (PINDAD), the newspaper said citing an Air Force statement.
“The tests were aimed at assessing the bombs' explosive power
and their accuracy in destroying the targets,” the statement said.
“It is expected that we can supply bombs and armaments for the
Sukhoi fighter jets in our fleet without having to be dependant on foreign
suppliers,” the document said.
Russia recently completed a $300-million contract signed in 2007 on
the delivery of three Su-30MK2 and three Su-27SKM fighters to Jakarta
in addition to two Su-27SK
and two Su-30MK
fighters purchased in 2003.
Deliveries of another six Su-30MK2 jet fighters for the Indonesian Air
Force under a new $470-million contract with Russia are expected to
start in 2013.
Indonesian Defense Minister Purnomo Yusgiantoro said in October 2010
that his country needed a full-size squadron of 16 Su-family fighters.
The Su-30MK2s
are optimized as naval strike fighters.
Jakarta became one of Russia's main arms buyers in 1999 when the United
States tightened an embargo on arms sales to the country over alleged
human rights violations
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