{"id":5684,"date":"2022-08-12T18:18:24","date_gmt":"2022-08-12T18:18:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2022\/08\/12\/us-indonesia-australia-hold-military-drills-amid-china-concerns\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T20:05:46","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T20:05:46","slug":"us-indonesia-australia-hold-military-drills-amid-china-concerns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/training-sim\/2022\/08\/12\/us-indonesia-australia-hold-military-drills-amid-china-concerns\/","title":{"rendered":"US, Indonesia, Australia hold military drills amid China concerns"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">BATURAJA, Indonesia \u2014 Soldiers from the U.S., Indonesia and Australia joined a live-fire drill on Friday, part of annual joint combat exercises on Sumatra island amid growing Chinese maritime activity in the Indo-Pacific region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A total of more than 5,000 personnel from the U.S., Indonesia, Australia, Japan and Singapore are participating in this year\u2019s Super <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/2022\/08\/12\/us-indonesia-australia-hold-military-drills-amid-china-concerns\/\" target=\"_blank\">Garuda Shield<\/a> exercises, making them the largest since they began in 2009.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The expanded <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/china\/2022\/08\/09\/china-drills-show-ambitions-beyond-island-taiwan-warns\/\" target=\"_blank\">drills are seen by China as a threat<\/a>. Chinese state media have accused the U.S. of building an Indo-Pacific alliance similar to NATO to limit China\u2019s growing military and diplomatic influence in the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The United Kingdom, Canada, France, India, Malaysia, South Korea, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea and East Timor also sent observers to the exercises, which began early this month.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/flashpoints\/china\/2022\/08\/09\/china-drills-show-ambitions-beyond-island-taiwan-warns\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP22221236982599.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">China drills show ambitions beyond island, Taiwan warns<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The warning came as Taipei conducted its own exercises Tuesday to underscore it\u2019s ready to defend itself.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The U.S. Indo-Pacific commander, Adm. John C. Aquilino, said the 14 nations involved in the training are signaling their stronger ties as China grows increasingly assertive in claiming virtually the entire South China Sea and holds exercises threatening self-ruled Taiwan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe destabilizing actions by the People\u2019s Republic of China as it applied to the threatening activities and actions against Taiwan is exactly what we are trying to avoid,\u201d he said at a joint news conference with Indonesian military chief Gen. Andika Perkasa in Baturaja, a coastal town in South Sumatra province.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe\u2019ll continue to help deliver a free and open Indo-Pacific and be ready when we need to respond to any contingency,\u201d Aquilino said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4808\" height=\"3206\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/AP22224261525708.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2777\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/AP22224261525708.jpg.jpg 4808w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/AP22224261525708.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/AP22224261525708.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/AP22224261525708.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/AP22224261525708.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/AP22224261525708.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1366 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 4808px) 100vw, 4808px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Commander of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command Adm. John C. Aquilino, right, talks to the media as Indonesian Armed Forces Chief Gen. Andika Perkasa, left, and Commander of Indonesian Army Education and Training Command Lt. Gen. Ignatius Yogo Triyono, center, listen during a press conference at Super Garuda Shield 2022 in Baturaja, South Sumatra, Aug. 12, 2022. (AP Photo\/Dita Alangkara)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Indonesia and China enjoy generally positive ties, but Jakarta has expressed concern about what it sees as Chinese encroachment in its exclusive economic zone in the South China Sea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Despite its official position as a non-claimant state in the contested South China Sea, Indonesia has been \u201cdragged along\u201d in the territorial dispute since 2010 after China claimed part of Indonesia\u2019s exclusive economic zone in the northern region of the Natuna Islands, said Connie Rahakundini Bakrie, a security analyst at the University of Indonesia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The edge of the exclusive economic zone overlaps with Beijing\u2019s unilaterally declared \u201cnine-dash line\u201d demarking its claims in the South China Sea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Increased activities by Chinese coast guard vessels and fishing 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