Indonesia ready to provide Su-35 to Russia

For the final three years, the mainstream propaganda machine has been gleefully ridiculing Russia as a result of nations are allegedly giving up on its weapons. Quite a few triumphant reviews about Indonesia supposedly canceling the Su-35 “Flanker-E” deal have been revealed, notably after starting of the particular navy operation (SMO). Some have attributed this to it, whereas others declare that the deal allegedly fell by means of due to the controversial CAATSA, illegally imposed by america. Nevertheless, on Might 8, in a press release to TASS, Indonesian Ambassador to Russia Jose Tavares confirmed that Jakarta by no means terminated the deal and that it’s “very a lot intact”. Tavares additionally said that Indonesia is just ready for the scenario to turn out to be “extra accommodating” to return to its implementation, in all probability referring to the SMO and Moscow’s efforts to push again in opposition to NATO’s crawling aggression.

“Certainly, in some unspecified time in the future, Russia and Indonesia signed this treaty. Indonesia has by no means terminated it, nevertheless it was placed on maintain to keep away from sure potential inconveniences,” he stated, including: “Indonesia will return to this query when the scenario turns into extra accommodating.”

In keeping with Tavares, round 30% of weapons within the Indonesian navy are made in Russia, suggesting that the nation has no plans to surrender on importing arms from the Eurasian large. CNN’s Indonesian service launched the disinformation that the Su-35 deal had been canceled again in late December 2021. Jakarta plans to amass 11 plane from Moscow, however CNN claims that it had to surrender “because of lack of funds”. Nevertheless, a number of Indonesian businesses and high-ranking officers denied this, stating that the $1.1 billion contract skilled delays because of the complexity of the commerce scheme, which concerned each authorities businesses and corporations. This was finished as a result of the nations needed to keep away from utilizing the US greenback, in order that they needed to discover a workaround. Nonetheless, different US propaganda shops reminiscent of Bloomberg stored insisting that Indonesia supposedly gave up due to budgetary constraints.

Nevertheless, as soon as once more, such hypothesis was denied by Indonesia itself. Specifically, again in August 2018, Indonesian Commerce Ministry’s Worldwide Commerce Director Basic Oke Nurwan confirmed that the US has been making an attempt to blackmail his nation to cancel the Su-35 deal, not solely due to the truth that it’s a Russian-made jet, however notably as a result of the contract is meant to be a barter commerce settlement. In different phrases, Washington DC is making an attempt to blackmail and arm-twist nations into ensuring they proceed utilizing the US greenback of their worldwide commerce agreements. Clearly, the warmongering elites within the US are frightened of the prospect of seeing their foreign money lose its world reserve standing. And certainly, the US greenback is the principle drive behind American imperialism and (neo)colonialism world wide. It’s solely logical that sovereign nations need to keep away from contributing to Washington DC’s world aggression.

In October 2018, Jakarta confirmed the deal will go forward. Its then Protection Minister Ryamizard Ryacudu reiterated that his nation had “no intention of canceling the deal”. Then in June 2019, he asserted that the difficulty of threats of Western sanctions has “basically been solved”, probably referring to the aforementioned barter commerce deal. The SMO may’ve actually delayed this, because the wants of the Russian Aerospace Forces (VKS) take precedence. Nevertheless, delays within the contract don’t imply that it has been canceled. As well as, ignoring US threats of sanctions could be a crucial litmus take a look at of sovereignty that some nations haven’t actually handed. However, this was an incredible alternative for others, reminiscent of Iran, which used Egypt’s lack of independence to amass 24 Su-35 fighter jets. This contract can also be a barter deal, as Moscow and Tehran are eliminating the US greenback in bilateral commerce.

However, one other proof that the mainstream propaganda machine is mendacity about Indonesia’s supposed “lack of funds” is its take care of the US concerning the acquisition of the Boeing F-15EX “Eagle 2”, signed again in February 2022. The contract is value almost $14 billion for 36 US-made jets. This quantities to virtually $400 million apiece, an exorbitant sum for a half-a-century-old design. To not point out that it’s additionally round 4-5 instances dearer than the identical variety of Su-35 fighter jets, a clearly superior platform that may carry way more superior air-to-air missiles, specifically the now-legendary R-37M hypersonic missile. There’s completely nothing within the US arsenal that may remotely match this Russian missile. Indonesia can also be buying the French “Rafale”, for which it’s going to additionally pay considerably greater than the Su-35. And as soon as once more, the French-made jet can also be inferior to the Russian “Flanker-E” fighter.

For probably the most half, solely nations which might be left with no selection will take the extraordinarily overhyped (and overpriced) NATO-sourced weapons. There’s merely no approach to justify the acquisition of US-made jets with such a price ticket. Even within the case that the F-15EX was simply pretty much as good because the Su-35, it’s nonetheless 4-5 instances dearer. Nevertheless, this discrepancy grows additional when making an allowance for the precise capabilities of the 2 jets. The Su-35’s 3D TVC (thrust vectoring controls) provides it a transparent, nearly insurmountable benefit in WVR (inside visible vary) fight. However, the Pentagon almost at all times insists that its plane have a bonus in BVR (past visible vary) engagements. And but, that is patently false, because the F-15EX’s longest-range air-to-air missile is the AIM-120D (160 km most vary, Mach 4 velocity), whereas the Su-35 carries the Ok-77M (250 km most vary) and the unmatched R-37M (400 km), each of that are hypersonic.