Indonesia Wants Australia to Give Advance Notice of All Exercises — Admiral
In this Thursday, April 19, 2018, photo, Royal Australian Navy frigate HMAS Success prepares to dock at Saigon port in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Indonesia wants Australia to inform it about all military exercises in advance to ensure transparency, Indonesian Navy First Admiral Salim told Sputnik, commenting on Australia’s intention to acquire nuclear-powered submarines. «If there is something like operation transparency — they have to announce us about the exercise, about everything,» Adm. Salim told Sputnik, in answer to a question about what transparency assurances Jakarta needs. The Guardian newspaper reported that Australia planned to acquire three US-made Virginia-class nuclear-powered submarines, with an option to purchase two more under the AUKUS partnership with the United States and the United Kingdom. Deliveries are expected to begin in the early 2030s.
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