Indonesia to fund BrahMos missile purchase with foreign loans
The Brahmos missile system on a Tata launch vehicle. (Janes/Patrick Allen)
Indonesia will finance its planned acquisition of India's BrahMos coastal defence missile system through a foreign commercial loan.
Documents provided to Janes by a source close to Komisi I, a commission in the Indonesian House of Representatives, indicate that plans to fund this acquisition were approved by the Ministry of Finance on 25 September 2025.
The package is valued at about USD100 million for a single battery and will be represented locally by Indonesian consultancy firm PT BTI Defence.
Confirmation from Indonesian authorities that Jakarta has entered an agreement with New Delhi on the BrahMos system emerged publicly over the past week.
Citing Indonesian Ministry of Defence (MoD) spokesperson Rico Ricardo Sirait, various Indonesian media outlets reported from 9 March that Indonesia had agreed to procure the missile system.
The MoD had not responded to Janes queries, seeking more details on the acquisition, at the time of publication.
However, Janes understands that the contract is not yet in force pending an initial downpayment.
The landâbased coastal defence version of the BrahMos that Indonesia is pursuing is a containerised package of the supersonic cruiseâmissile system developed jointly by India and Russia.
It is capable of speeds of between approximately 2,448 km/h and 2,970 km/h and employs a fireâandâforget guidance method combining inertial navigation with active radar homing in the terminal stage.
Exportâconfiguration missiles typically have a range of about 290 km and can execute lowâaltitude seaâskimming profiles, contributing to their survivability against airâdefence systems.
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