And only the second for Southeast Asia. https://defencesecurityasia.com/en/indonesia-first-aircraft-carrier-giuseppe-garibaldi-kri-gajah-mada-indo-pacific-naval-power/
Needs Harrier. Helicopters would work.
>>65338983Menakjubkan.With this most recent achievement, fate has, in a single puff, marked the decline of the West and China and spelled a new era of wondrous prosperity and peaceful global dominance for the Indonesian Garuda, which promises to firmly stand in sharp contrast to the historically bloody ascent of Chinese powers and the cruel subjugation it brought to the humbler nations of the world. The blessings of Indonesian plasma gudang garam, hypersonic indomie goreng, quantum Ayam Penyet, neutrino soto medan, gamma titanium mono crystal bakso, unmanned autonomous bootleg Kobo Kaneru merchandise, magnetized plasma Dangdut and the genuine Restaurant Minang will be the instruments with which Indonesia affirms its noble construction of 21st century South-East Asian politics and offers the Asean a different option; an humanist alternative to the depredations of Western and Sino leadership and the opportunity for a more equitable and dignified multilateral Hololive ID.
>>65338983Wonder what they're planning to fly on these things. Indonesia buys from all over. Who has VTOLs to sell? Maybe the upgraded Spanish Harriers.
>>65339041>maybe the upgraded Spanish Harriers.clapped to shit, not worth it. Spanish should have bought in to F-35B like their generals/admirals told them to.
>>65338983It's a nice looking carrier. Very aesthetic.Is it any good? Idk. It's probably super clapped out. If they can keep it's availability up, it's still a good asset for regional security.
>economy in freefall>local currency is toilet paper and forex reserves are down to stealing of whatever international capital is left in banksWhy are thirdies like this?>>65338986They only have one so it will probably end up a heli-carrier for logistics, landings and patrols.
>>65341047>Why are thirdies like this?more like - why do thirdies go for thirdworldism consistently when it has never been shown to work? Indonesia was a shithole under Sukarno, developed under Suharto, then developed for the next ~2 decades under democracy, ever since about ~2014 they've been getting closera and closer to China and only suffered as a result, with Chinese conglomerates dictating stuff
australia is finished. new zealand as well.
>>65338983>Uwais my son, you are developed military now, will you choose reasonable military procurement that matches you needs, or will you choose a 40 year old aircraft carrier that may come with also forty year old aircraft, you must choose wisely
>>65338986Dreaming of the Indogs buying up USMC AV8B harriers, then Elbit Jews swooping in to sell modern-ish radars and possibly avionic upgrades.
>>65338986How far can it throw a nice 12" rock? I'm feeling shore bombardment on a budget.
>>65340949How fucked up can it be? Italy doesn't abuse their ships...
>>65338983Lol. Gajah = elephant. Like the Thai's carrier, this too will end up being a white elephant.
>>65341316They do actually use their ships though, and its 39 years old.
It'll carry helicopters instead of aircraft, will be a bitch to maintain and will end up similarly to Thailand's carrier where they amount to nothingMeanwhile Singapore will build 2 light carriers of their own with F-35Bs
>>65341809Singapore doesn't have F-35s, they aren't even on the waiting list. It's unlikely they can even be let on the waiting list
>>65338983It will carry DRONEs. And chopper. Maybe chopper but Definitely Drones. -t. indon Mod.
>>65338994Gets me every time.
>>65341931oh wait, my bad, they're on the waiting list. i have a faulty infograph
>>65341931>>653419444 were delivered earlier this year.
>>65341945Welp US just delivered f-35 to Chink for free lol.
>>65341950Oh god, the malaysia spammer is back.
>>65341047>>65341095It's not meant to be for launching strikes primarily. The Indonesian military is the primary agency in Indonesia responsible for aid and disaster relief, this is a logistics base.
>>65341950>US just delivered f-35 to Chink for freewhy the FUCK did the US do that?i literally thought not only that wasnt happening but that it was unlikely to ever happenWTF?
>>65341964isnt it cheaper to maintain 8 patrol boats with helipads?
>>65341964> indon giving reasonable explanationCome on, just play along. Tell me it is going to be prabowo mega yacth or smthng.
>>65341964Why not use LPD? They have the capacity to build it the last time if i remember correctly.
>>65341259kek
>>65342041Thailand does this, but it's also run by a far more competent government.
