Indonesia on Monday hosted the first day of the unusual “Komodo” joint naval exercise, in which ships from the rival American, Chinese, and Russian navies practice their responses to humanitarian disasters together.
The Komodo Multilateral Naval Exercise (KOMODO-MNEK) has been hosted every two years by Indonesia in various Indo-Pacific locations since 2014, although it skipped the pandemic year of 2020. The exercise has always boasted dozens of participating navies. This year the total reached 49, including such odd couples as North and South Korea, and India and Pakistan.
“Amid simmering tensions in the Asia-Pacific”, Indonesia has launched its #Komodo multilateral naval exercise in its waters, alongside navies from 36 countries including Australia, the USA, PRC, Japan and Russia, that aims to “strengthen relationships” https://t.co/cD1SSqpQ2A pic.twitter.com/KHtlQxSs5P
— Indonesia Australia (@IndonesiaAust) June 6, 2023
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