JAKARTA — Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto said on Monday that the Southeast Asian country will continue to build up its defense capabilities, as the government handed over equipment, including six French-made Rafale jets, to the military.

Prabowo presided over a handover ceremony at a military airbase in Jakarta, where he inspected recently-acquired defense equipment, including six Dassault Falcon 8x and two Airbus A400M Atlas aircraft.

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