we're jessica watson's john is now from but roger in indonesia. this is coming at the 10th time, obviously with china threatening military drills close to taiwan and know we have this large scale operation happening in another part of the region. just talk us through what's been happening and how much of an impact is, is going to have on tension in the region. well, that's exactly right. as you mentioned, these exercises take place every year between indonesia and the u. s. what is different this year is the scale and the scope of these exercising will exercise as we have new countries participating. japan, for the 1st time, australia scaling up its involvement involving its army for the 1st time since it became involved in these exercises. and significantly a number of countries observing for the 1st time among the countries observing include indonesia, neighbors, to molest ale east, he more pub in new guinea at canada, france, among others. and it's significant to note the countries that are observing because last year, japan was also an observe

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