Australia's decision to buy long-range stealth cruise missiles for the RAAF will make Jakarta "feel safer", a senior Indonesian defence official said.
The comment was another sign of warming defence ties between the two neighbours.
The federal government this week announced the purchase of the Joint Air-To-Surface Standoff Missile, or JASSM, billed as "the world's most accurate cruise missile", in a $350 million deal with US manufacturer Lockheed Martin.
When Australia initially considered buying the weapons two years ago, Jakarta warned the introduction of the first stealth cruise weapon in South-East Asia would lead to a fresh regional arms race and fuel suspicions about Canberra's strategic intentions.
But under new pro-Western President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, Indonesia has dropped its opposition to the purchase.
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