Australia is open to providing Indonesia more Lockheed Martin C-130H tactical transports, following its gift of four examples announced in July.
"I've indicated to [Indonesia's defence minister] that if Indonesia is interested in acquiring more C-130s, then we have some which we will be able to sell," minister for defence Stephen Smith said in a media briefing.
He was responding to a journalist's query regarding unsourced news reports that Australia is on the verge of selling six C-130H aircraft to Indonesia for $15 million each. Smith said that six was the number of aircraft Australia could "probably" offer.
In early August, the Jakarta Post quoted an Indonesian defence ministry spokesman as saying that a deal was in the works for six Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) C-130Hs that will be retired at the end of 2012.
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