Air Force Budget: $494 Million

This article was found in angkasa-online. It was interesting because the budget for Indonesian Air Force and Indonesian Navy is lower than other country in south east asia.Well i think Indonesia has to increase the Budget for air force and navy.

By: Dudi Sudibyo/Angkasa
The government allocates this year a budget of Rp 4.5 trillion or US$494 million each for the Indonesian Air Force and Indonesian Navy. While an amount of Rp 9 trillion ($989 million) is allocated for the Army from the total 2007 defense budget of Rp 18 trillion or approximately US$1.9 million.
Defense Minister Juwono Sudarsono reveals the budget after attending a limited Cabinet meeting at the Presidential Palace on April 10.
Aware of the government is going to allocate more funding to the education and infrastructure sectors, envision the defense sector will be forced to make a sacrifice but will try to have the policy of an annual 15 percent increase maintained.
On the matter, the minister said, efficiency in the defense budget could be achieved through sharing of military equipment which could save up to 20 percent of the budget of each force annually. ***