The agreement, set to be signed in the coming months, offers an opportunity for Jakarta to bolster its domestic defense industry and clarify its position on AUKUS.
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Indonesia with assistance from Malaysian troops is reporting that it has seized an Iranian-flagged tanker caught in the act of making an illegal ship-.
Competition with China has drawn more Pentagon resources to the Pacific, but the most visible U.S. military presence there may be the branch that is outside of the Defense Department.