Indonesia buys Qatari Mirage 2000-5s to plug air defence gap

Indonesia has confirmed it signed an initial contract to buy the outgoing fleet of 12 French-made Dassault Mirage 2000-5EDA/DDA fighters from the Qatar Emiri Air Force (QEAF) as a short-term solution to filling the long-standing gap in the nation’s domestic air defense while it waits for deliver of its first Dassault Rafales. The deal was revealed in a recent news release from the Indonesian Air Force (TNI-AU), which stated that a $795m contract between Indonesia and Qatar was signed to