LIVE: Why Indonesia Plans to Turn Its Islands Into Aircraft Carriers | Vantage with Palki Sharma

Indonesia is seeking to buy an aircraft carrier to patrol its thousands of islands. The nation is in talks with Italy to purchase the retired Giuseppe Garibaldi and has approved a loan for the deal, but it remains stuck over cost and strategy. Indonesia is exploring cheaper alternatives, including converting islands into aircraft carriers by using highways as emergency runways. The Indonesian Air Force demonstrated this by landing fighter jets on a toll road in Sumatra. An aircraft carrier would help with surveillance, disaster relief and boost naval presence near the Malacca Strait. But critics cite Thailand's underused carrier as a cautionary example.

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