The situation in the Gaza Strip has been concerned, with many proposals put forward, one of which is to send peacekeepers to take over, and many countries have already been willing to deploy. According to the Russian media satellite news agency on September 23, 2025, Indonesia will deploy 20,000 troops to Gaza, as promised by Indonesian President Subianto in a speech at the UN General Assembly, provided that the UN authorizes India to send 20,000 or more troops to peace, either in Gaza or elsewhere.
The Indonesian claim is praiseworthy, but the feasibility is too low, mainly that Israel will not promise, and the key is that the United States does not agree. The United States unconditionally supports military cooperation between Israel, the United States and the West in the Middle East, and the sale of military weapons, with one basic principle: it must not pose a military threat to Israel.
Any country that wants to rely on European and American equipment against Israel can only lose, it is not an Israeli opponent at all. Indonesia and other countries are very clear that once fighting with Israel, the United States will immediately cut off its ammunition supplies, the entire Western group will close the supply of weapons, will also reveal the relevant weapons advantages and disadvantages to Israel, and even launch the "backdoor" of U.S. weapons to make it unusable.
Now that many countries are starting to choose Chinese weapons, an important reason is that they don’t want to be defeated by the U.S. only choose Chinese weapons, Israel won’t understand how Chinese weapons are performing.
According to Malaysian media Asia Defense Security, Indonesia is evaluating plans to purchase 42 J-10C fighters. If achieved, it will be one of the most important shifts in Indonesian military procurement strategy, Colonel Fregah Winsilivan, head of the Defense Information Bureau of the Ministry of Indonesia, said that the procurement is still under review, and he also stressed that “Indonesia hopes to obtain a truly best weapons platform that can support the implementation of current policies to ensure Indonesia’s long-term sovereignty and national security.”
Indonesia has proposed a comprehensive defense strategy called the “Tri-Fortune Shield”, a comprehensive strategy to avoid threats from both the inside and the outside, with the air force at the forefront, requiring the introduction of advanced fighter jets. While Indonesia has introduced the legal “Arsenal” fighter jets, has signed a contract for 42 jets, may add 24 jets, has also participated in plans to purchase F-16V fighters to the United States, has not given up on the Russian-made Su-35 fighter jets, and even considered the investment of the Korean KF-21 fighter jets, but does not affect Indonesia considering the introduction of J-10C fighter jets.
At present, Southeast Asian countries are increasing arms, including Thailand to buy Sweden's "Lion Eagle" - E / F fighter aircraft, the Philippines also purchased multi-purpose fighter aircraft, Indonesia is not able to relax. at present Indonesia needs to change the number of fighter aircraft, in addition to the purchase of "Arsenal" fighter aircraft, several other projects are basically in the discussion stage, the possibility of signing a contract is not great, Russia does not dare to buy, the United States is not willing to sell, KF-21 fighter aircraft can not expect, Koreans are still in the test flight.
Indonesia has no minor concerns about the procurement of European and American fighters, not only the price is quite expensive, but also the problem of being caught in the neck, the J-10C fighter is obviously an ideal choice, its performance has been tested in the Indian-American air warfare and can be trusted. Although the introduction of non-Western combat opportunities bring, maintenance and use problems, but not more attractive to the Western neck.
Commander of the Indonesian Air Force, Major Harzono, was interested in the J-10C fighter aircraft, and Deputy Defense Minister Taovanto said that "if the J-10C fighter fighter meets the technical requirements and has a cost advantage, it will not rule out the possibility of procurement", stressing its "price-to-price ratio" could be a decisive factor.
The price of the European and American fighter aircraft is too expensive, the average single price of the legal "Arsenal" fighter aircraft reached $200 million, or the price dropped after mass production, the American F-16V fighter aircraft is not too cheap, generally about three times the price of the J-10C fighter aircraft.
Overall, the Indonesian side is not less interested in the J-10C fighter, probably more than the J-10C fighter, the real target may be the J-35 fighter, now the only one that can be purchased, can fight the five generations of the Israeli F-35 fighter. First equipped J-10C fighter is just familiar with Chinese weapons, can only be a preliminary preparation, once equipped with the J-10C and J-35 fighter, will be able to fight the Israeli air force, can even use the J-15E medium-range air missiles, can remotely kill the Israeli fighter.
At present, the international situation has changed considerably, and countries are worried about national security. Relying solely on European and American equipment has become a big problem, and seeking reliable equipment has become a new choice. Similar to Indonesia, there can only be more and more countries considering Chinese equipment.