Indonesia hosts largest ASEAN-led defence and disaster response exercise in a decade

Exercise Trident Resolve 2026, held in Banten in Western Java from September 20 to 26, brings together all 11 ASEAN countries and eight partners: Australia, China, India, Japan, New Zealand, Russia, South Korea and the United States. JAKARTA — Some 2,200 military personnel and civilian officials from 19 countries are taking part in a major disaster response exercise in Indonesia, the largest exercise under the ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting-Plus (ADMM-Plus) framework in a decade in