Indonesia gets J-10 deal offer from China: Is it a budget buy or Beijing’s strategic trap?

Indonesia gets J-10 deal offer from China: Is it a budget buy or Beijing’s strategic trap?

If Indonesia chooses the J-10, the real question is what it’s truly buying into. The real cost of the J-10 may not lie in the transaction, but in the trap that follows.

AVIC Chengdu Aircraft makes J-10C fighter jets as well as the JF-17 Thunder planes – which are considered the backbone of the Pakistan Air Force since the US stopped supplying Pakistan with F-16s. Image courtesy Valka