John Mcbeth*

In the wake of the Medan air tragedy, it was intriguing to hear President Joko Widodo and military officials discussing the need for Indonesia to stop acquiring second-hand equipment and to do more to develop its own defense industry.

With the cause of the crash still unknown, it was difficult to make any connection between what they were saying and the Indonesian Air Force's worst-ever air disaster, which claimed the lives of all 1