A total of thirteen vessels took part in this multinational maritime safety training in the major straits of Malacca, Sunda and Lombok, which link the Indian and Pacific Oceans. They then carried out on boarding exercises, as well as landing and take-off training with their onboard helicopter. Together they carried out surveillance flights, the ATL2s integrating Indonesian observers on a daily basis.
Throughout the exercise, a crisis management group based at the French Embassy in Jakarta and comprising officers from the CSG staff ran the scenario using the IORIS crisis communication and coordination system. Each maritime and air unit was connected to this software to share live information concerning the straits. LA PEROUSE 25 enabled the participating navies to significantly increase their interoperability and common knowledge in a strategic zone for maritime trade on a global scale.
With this multi-interaction, multi-objective mission, the CSG demonstrates that it is a tool for naval superiority, power projection and autonomous situation assessment, capable of operating in a complex strategic environment.
Taking advantage of this unprecedented stopover of the CSG in Indonesia and the 75th anniversary of French-Indonesian bilateral partnership, the French MoD visited the French sailors and met his new Indonesian counterpart and other authorities in Lombok to stress the importance of the South East Asian region, and more generally of the Indo-Pacific.
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