The Indonesian and Australian militaries are holding joint combat drills off Indonesia’s main island of Java with about 2,000 troops training in air, maritime, amphibious and land operations

The Indonesian and Australian militaries have begun joint combat drills off Indonesia's main island of Java with about 2000 troops training in air, maritime,

The four-day exercise named Keris Woomera on Indonesia's main island Java includes air, land, sea and cyber exercises in what Australian Defence Minister Richard Marles has called "the biggest exercise that Australia will do outside of our nation this year".

The Indonesian and Australian militaries launched joint combat drills near Banongan beach in Situbondo, East Java.

More than 2,000 Indonesian and Australian troops held joint military drills on Wednesday after the allies signed a new defense agreement pledging closer cooperation to counter security threats in the Asia-Pacific region.