Source: United States & Canada – South China Morning PostIndonesia’s recent spending spree on equipment underlines the pressure on the country to modernise its ageing defence arsenal amid rising US-China rivalry in the Indo-Pacific region, but fiscal challenges and a limited budget will make it hard to complete the task, experts have said.On February 10, Jakarta secured a US$8.1 billion deal to purchase 42 French-made Dassault Rafale fighter jets, with the two countries having already signed the first contract for the purchase of six fighter jets…Read More