US, Indonesia Kick Off ‘Largest Ever’ Super Garuda Shield Exercise
“This year’s drills will involve more than 6,000 military personnel from the U.S., Indonesia and 12 other nations.”
“The annual ‘Super Garuda Shield’ drills will take place in the capital Jakarta and several locations on the western island of Sumatra and the Riau archipelago. The drills will involve land, air, and maritime components, including staff exercises, cyber defense drills, and a live-fire event that will bring the 11-day exercise to a close on September 4.”
“The U.S. and Indonesia will be joined by participants from Japan, Singapore, the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, France, Brazil, Brunei, India, South Korea, New Zealand, and Thailand. Several other Asian nations, including Cambodia, India, and Papua New Guinea, will also join as observers.”
“The steady expansion of Super Garuda Shield reflects the growing scope of defense cooperation between the U.S. and Indonesia. Like other major multilateral exercises, including the larger Balikatan exercises that it hosts with the Philippines, the expanded drills signal Washington’s commitment to maintaining a security presence in Southeast Asia at a time of growing Chinese power and ambition.”
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