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Indonesia Plays it Safe in US-China Conflict

No fuss raised with China over the discovery of underwater spy drones

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Jan 18, 2021
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In an effort to avoid worsening relations with Beijing, Indonesia is carefully downplaying the discovery of underwater drones strongly suspected of being operated by remote control from Chinese ships plying Indonesian waters.

Although a fisherman found the latest one, a torpedo-shaped object found to be a seaglider, near the Selayar Islands in South Sula…

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