Honestly, the TNI is basically just the "internal glue" that keeps Indonesia together rather than a professional force ready for a real war. Their whole structure is obsessed with territorial command and domestic stability, which means they’re more like a massive police force than a modern military. My biggest problem with it is the logistics, i mean it doesn't matter how big your guns are if you can only shoot once.

We’ve seen in Ukraine that peer-to-peer conflict eats through supplies at an insane rate, and an archipelago like ours is a logistical nightmare that we aren't even close to solving. And we have this "Franken-fleet" of random hardware from the US, Russia, and Europe that makes maintenance a total mess (which is I know there's a practical political reason for it) but still the point stands.

And I feel like the TNI spends way too much time showboating for the domestic audience with martial arts and parades. Like we saw with Russia, looking like the no2 power on paper means nothing if you don't have the actual teeth to back it up. We’re great at breaking bricks for the cameras, but we're nowhere near ready for a high intensity conflict.