Indonesia’s ballistic missile deployment, a first in Southeast Asia, could shift regional power balance

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Southeast Asian countries have generally avoided procuring tactical ballistic systems due to their “inherently offensive nature as opposed to purely defensive platforms”, says an expert. That norm may now shift. SINGAPORE: Indonesia’s quiet deployment of a Turkish-made short-range ballistic missile system in East Kalimantan is a pivotal move that has “meaningfully” shifted the regional balance of power, say analysts. From a region where no Southeast Asian state possessed an operational modern