"The relationship between the JMSDF and the Royal Australian Forces has never been stronger and more important, and the JMSDF will promote further improvement of interoperability and mutual understanding with the Royal Australian Navy in order to improve the security environment in the Indo-Pacific region." "Like our country, Australia, an ally of the United States, is a 'Special Strategic Partner' in the Indo-Pacific region, sharing not only universal values but also strategic interests in security," the rear admiral said in a statement. The Commander of Japan's first surface unit for the Indo-Pacific Deployment 2023, Rear Admiral Takahiro Nishiyama, said his nation and Australia were considered "special strategic partners". Sources with knowledge of the two-day exercises have confirmed China's People's Liberation Army-Navy (PLAN) was in "the vicinity" of the activity but did not interact directly with the Australian warship or aircraft. HMAS Anzac is also currently on a five-month regional presence deployment to South-East Asia after its 200-strong crew departed Western Australia in April for various navy-to-navy engagements.įlight data obtained by the ABC reveals two RAAF P-8A Poseidon aircraft flew over the South China Sea from the Clark Air Base in the Philippines on June 24, although only one of the surveillance planes was formally part of the military exercises. Two warships from Japan's Maritime Self Defence Force (JMSDF), helicopter destroyer JS Izumo and destroyer JS Samidare, took part in the bilateral training drills after making a port visit to Vietnam as part of an Indo-Pacific Deployment. The war games, which took place over the past weekend in strategically contested waters, focused on tactical operations, including anti-surface and anti-air warfare, but were not publicised by the Australian Defence Force (ADF).
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