Overview

• Exercises run from Aug 25 to Sept 4 across Jakarta, western Sumatra and the Riau archipelago.
• More than 4,100 Indonesian and 1,300 U.S. troops are participating, joined by allies from Australia, Japan, Singapore, France, New Zealand, Britain and others.
• The program features staff training, cyber defence drills and a combined live-fire event, according to the Indonesian military.
• U.S. Indo-Pacific Command chief Admiral Samuel Paparo calls this the largest iteration to date and frames it as a measure to uphold sovereignty against coercion.
• India, Papua New Guinea and East Timor sent observers, as Indonesia underscores a neutral foreign policy between Washington and Beijing.