Source: TH
Context: Indonesia, along with the United States and allied nations, has launched the annual military exercise “Super Garuda Shield 2025”, aimed at enhancing regional security amid rising Indo-Pacific tensions.
About Super Garuda Shield 2025:
- What it is?
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- A large-scale multinational military exercise conducted annually since 2009.
- Focused on combat readiness, interoperability, and regional security cooperation.
- Launched by:
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- Jointly hosted by the Indonesian National Armed Forces and the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command.
- Members/Participants (2025):
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- Core: Indonesia & United States.
- Expanded to include: Australia, Japan, Singapore, UK, France, Canada, Germany, Netherlands, New Zealand, Brazil, and South Korea.
- Features:
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- Held in Jakarta and Sumatra, running for 11 days.
- Includes joint combat training, interoperability drills, and a combined live-fire exercise.
- Strengthens coordination in air, land, and maritime operations.
- Reflects principles of sovereignty, territorial integrity, and collective deterrence.
- Significance:
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- Enhances regional defence ties in an Indo-Pacific marked by rising China-U.S. rivalry.
- Demonstrates unity against coercion or forceful status-quo changes (esp. in South China Sea).
- Symbolises an “arc of alliances” ensuring Indo-Pacific stability.
