New Delhi/ Canberra, July 18 (IANS) The Cocos Keeling Islands (CKI) complement India’s Andaman and Nicobar Command, which faces the Bay of Bengal and the approaches to the Malacca Strait. Given its location in the eastern Indian Ocean, CKI provides India with a more distributed maritime outlook of the sea lanes, including those linked to the Sunda and Lombok straits, a report has stated.The India-Australia developments around CKI are part of a broader strategic realignment, rather than merely an…
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Naypyidaw, May 2 (IANS) China’s recent underwater drone activity in Indonesia’s Lombok Strait is not merely a “technological curiosity” but a symbol of “covert ambition”. The Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) relentless drive for surveillance and control risks destabilising the Indo-Pacific region, deepening mistrust among neighbours and unsettling strategic waters, a report has stated.According to Myanmar’s media outlet ‘Mizzima News’, the international community must acknowledge thes…
Jakarta, April 19 (IANS) A Chinese undersea monitoring system was found near an island in a strategically important strait between Indonesia’s Lombok and Bali last week, media reports said. The 3.7 metre-long device was found by fishermen north of Gili Trawangan island in the Lombok Strait and taken by the Indonesian navy to the Mataram naval base on Lombok for further investigation, according to Australia’s ABC news.Indonesian Navy spokesperson Rear Admiral Tunggul said that a thorough examinat…