Indonesia will order 42 Rafale fighter jets, France’s defence minister said on Thursday.
“It’s official: Indonesia orders 42 Rafales”, Defence Minister Florence Parly said in a Tweet during a visit to the Southeast Asian country.
The order would make Indonesia the second state in the Indo-Pacific region after India to rely on the jet produced by Dassault Aviation.
Indonesia’s state-run Antara news agency cited the country’s defence minister as saying the agreement was for six Rafale jets, with 36 to follow.