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The Indian Ocean tsunami of 2004 exposed the Indonesia's then new president Susilo Bambang Yudhyono, a former General made modernizing the armed forces a priority of his administration, which is now half way through its second and final five year term. The country's 2012 defence budget of $8 Billion, up from $2.6 Billion in 2006, is the largest it has been- relative to GDP for 20 years.
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