Indonesia confirmed on Wednesday it had bought 12 Mirage 2000-5 fighter jets previously used by Qatar, defending the nearly $800 million deal as a fast way to upgrade the air force after it was criticised by lawmakers who said the planes were too old.
The defence ministry said in a statement that Indonesia had signed the deal for 733 million euros with Excalibur International a.s., a unit of Czech defence company Czechoslovak Group in January. The planes would be delivered within 24 months of that date.
"What is so urgent that we had to buy used and old jets?" the newspaper Kompas quoted lawmaker Tubagus Hasanuddin as saying.The ministry did not mention the age of the jets. It said they will come with three years of support service and pilot training. The country has long been seeking to overhaul its ageing air fleet which includes U.S.-made F-16 and Russian Sukhoi Su-27 and Su-30 jets.
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