Indonesia To Field Indigenous Surface-To-Surface Missile

Credit: The Petir missile: Marhalim Abas
JAKARTA—Indonesia is likely to put into service a locally made surface-to-surface missile within two years, the manufacturer says. The missile, called Petir (Lightning), has been in development since 2014 by the private firm PT Sari Bahari in cooperation with the research and development division of...
Marhalim Abas

Marhalim Abas, based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, covers Southeast Asian defense. He has worked as a journalist specializing in Southeast Asia defense and security since 1994, initially with the New Straits Times newspaper.

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