Thousands of soldiers from Indonesia, the United States and their allies participated in live-fire exercises on Friday.in what a US general called regional conflict prevention work after Chinese operations in Taiwan.
missiles and helicopters
At least 4,000 US and Indonesian troops, supported by troops from Australia, Singapore and Japan participate in this exercise. In a mountainous area, the military they tested Javelin anti-tank missiles, while Apache helicopters flew over the area firing machine-gun bursts and missiles.
“Super Garuda Shield”, the annual exercise held in Indonesia, comes after China’s maneuvers around Taiwan, in response to the visit of the Speaker of the US House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosito the island, which Beijing claims.
“Destabilization”
“The destabilizing action of the People’s Republic of China against Taiwan is exactly what we want to avoid,” said Admiral John Aquilino, chief of the US Indo-Pacific Command, at a press conference after the operations.
However, Washington claimed that these maneuvers were not focused against any nation. Indonesian Army Chief Andika Perkasa He also denied that the extensive deployment of means in these annual maneuvers is related to the growing tension with China.