{"id":186001,"date":"2025-10-18T15:57:58","date_gmt":"2025-10-18T10:57:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/?p=186001"},"modified":"2025-10-19T16:51:54","modified_gmt":"2025-10-19T11:51:54","slug":"indonesia-will-purchase-42-chinese-made-chengdu-j-10c-fighter-jets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/2025\/10\/18\/indonesia-will-purchase-42-chinese-made-chengdu-j-10c-fighter-jets.html","title":{"rendered":"Indonesia will purchase 42 Chinese-made Chengdu J-10C fighter jets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-186006\" src=\"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2025\/10\/indo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"741\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2025\/10\/indo.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2025\/10\/indo-321x220.jpg 321w, https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2025\/10\/indo-685x470.jpg 685w, https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2025\/10\/indo-220x150.jpg 220w, https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2025\/10\/indo-768x527.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/>Islamabad: Indonesia\u2019s Defence Minister Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin has announced that the country will purchase at least 42 Chinese-made Chengdu J-10C fighter jets.<\/p>\n<p>According to Kashmir Media Service, this marks Indonesia\u2019s first major deal for non-Western combat aircraft.<\/p>\n<p>Finance Minister Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa confirmed that over $9 billion has been approved for the acquisition.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, in January 2024, Indonesia had finalized an order for 42 French Dassault Rafale jets, with the first delivery expected in early 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Observers link Jakarta\u2019s latest move to the impressive performance of the J-10C, which gained international attention after its successful use by the Pakistan Air Force during the 2025 Indo-Pakistan standoff.<\/p>\n<p>The conflict significantly boosted the reputation and market value of Chinese aircraft, while French Rafales, several of which were reportedly destroyed, saw a decline in credibility.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: Indonesia\u2019s Defence Minister Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin has announced that the country will purchase at least 42 Chinese-made Chengdu J-10C fighter jets. According to Kashmir Media Service, this marks Indonesia\u2019s first major deal for non-Western combat aircraft. Finance Minister Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa confirmed that over $9 billion has been approved for the acquisition. Earlier, in January &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":186006,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-186001","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan","category-tie-world"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2025\/10\/indo.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186001","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=186001"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186001\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":186007,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186001\/revisions\/186007"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/186006"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=186001"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=186001"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=186001"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}