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We will see then, for the mean time I am agree on you that BD will use first 5 years under new democratic regime for institution and economic development.Well if Indonesia can come up with something on the level of KAAN then that would be worth considering. I appreciate that the amount of western subsystems will be gradually reduced over time and so maybe there would be less to worry about in terms of operational independence.
Indonesia would be a reliable friendly Muslim country and can stand up to outside pressure even better than Turkey, due to its more diversified economy and less reliance on the US/west for trade.
However BD has already started buying into the Turkish military "eco-system" as it looks like it is very close to a contract for Hisar-O+ MRSAM. BD military seems to be keen to make Turkey a major military supplier, along with the traditional Chinese.
As we know BD currently has forex issues while jet fighter needs foreign loan supported by foreign banks.
Like Indonesia that needs 5 years to buy new fighters after 1998 regime change and it is only 4 SU 27, only can buy more Sukhoi in 2014 and 24 F16 second hand donated by pro Indonesia Obama administration (only paid the refurbish and upgrade)
So it has already more than 20 years we basically buying something significant despite it is still using soft loan given by French financial institution for 42 Rafales