The large -scale joint military exercise of the United States and Indonesia is opened.

Jimu Journalist Song Qingying

Intern Yang Xingnan

According to the Associated Press reported on August 3, the United States and Indonesia's joint military exercise code -named "Garu Da Shield" officially opened. It is reported that the scale of the military exercise is even better, and Japan will also participate for the first time.

United States and Indonesia's joint military exercise (Source: "Garu Da Shield" Facebook account)

At the point of launch of the "Garuga Shield", when Pelosi, Speaker of the US House of Representatives, visited Taiwan. On the evening of the 2nd, after the Eastern theater of the Chinese People's Liberation Army announced a series of joint military operations around Taiwan Island, the joint military exercise was officially opened.

The U.S. Embassy in Jakarta issued a statement saying that the exercise was the largest since the military play in 2009, aiming to strengthen "interoperability, ability, trust and cooperation." But the United States emphasized that military exercises are "not targeting any country."

In 2007, the "Garuga Shield" joint military exercise was held for the first time in Indonesia. The place of exercise was Indonesia Sumatra and Kalimantan. The jungle combat capabilities of the two army of Indonesia will last until the 14th.

It is reported that there are also Australia, Japan, and Singapore who participated in this joint military exercise. The Japanese Land Self -Defense Force participated in the military exercise for the first time.

The Chairman of the United States Chiefs of Staff Milly said that Indonesia has important strategic significance for the Indo -Pacific region and has been an important partner of the United States for a long time. The Associated Press revealed that in December last year, U.S. Secretary of State Brills signed an agreement in Jakarta, promising to strengthen joint military exercises in the United States and Indonesia. In February of this year, the US State Department approved the selling 36 F-15 fighters at a total value of US $ 13.9 billion in military reserve.

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