yìn dù ní xī yà

印度尼西亚

hé

和

měi guó

美国

de

的

xīn

新

jūn shì

军事

hé zuò

合作

 

，

kě néng

可能

ràng

让

yī xiē

一些

jīn zhuān

金砖

guó jiā

国家

zhī chí zhě

支持者

bù

不

gāo xìng

高兴

Indonesia and the United States announced new and important defense cooperation in mid-April.

The two countries want to develop new military technologies together, and they will also cooperate in maritime systems, unmanned systems, and maintenance.

There are also reports that the United States and Indonesia are discussing allowing U.S. military aircraft to fly through Indonesian airspace.

Many people think the United States is doing this to make it easier to control the Strait of Malacca in the event of a crisis, because it is very important for Chinese ships.

This has worried some BRICS supporters.

Indonesia became a full member of BRICS in 2025, but it also has very close military ties with the United States.

However, BRICS is not a military alliance; it is an organization in which member countries cooperate and promote economic and financial reforms together.

So even if a member country cooperates militarily with the United States and this makes some people unhappy, it does not mean it cannot remain in BRICS.