Royal Australian Navy #RAN air warfare destroyer, HMAS Hobart (DDG 39), arriving at Benoa Port, Bali, after #LaPerouse25 exercise last month
On the background, you can see three French warships: Forbin, Alsace, Provence
📸Australian DoD / LSIS Iggy Roberts
Then we stepped onto the flight deck, standing among Rafale M, E-2 Hawkeye, and Dauphin as well as taking a glimpse of the CATOBAR mechanism
#Clemenceau25 #LAPEROUSE25
"I love the smell of sweat, oil, grease, and aviation fuel in the morning" ✈️🛢️
Our tour started in the hangar bay where aircraft are stored and maintained #Clemenceau25 #LAPEROUSE25
More photos of PASSEX between KRI RE Martadinata and FS Forbin, which make it easier for us to see the size difference. VLS comparison:
Martadinata: 12x VL MICA
Forbin: 48x Aster 15/30
📸 Marine Nationale, French CSG #LaPerouse25
Clap de fin pour l’exercice multinational #LAPEROUSE25 ⚓️
Opérations maritimes aux côtés des forces partenaires de la zone 🇦🇺🇨🇦🇮🇳🇲🇾🇸🇬🇬🇧🇺🇸🇫🇷 pour garantir le libre accès aux espaces communs reliant l’océan Indien et l’océan Pacifique.
End of #LAPEROUSE25 ⚓️
Maritime operations with 🇦🇺🇨🇦🇮🇳🇲🇾🇸🇬🇬🇧🇺🇸 forces & the 🇫🇷 carrier strike groupe focused on fostering and sustaining cooperative partnerships that are critical to ensure a #FreeAndOpenIndopacific.
Indonesian and French Navies' most powerful frigates, KRI RE Martadinata (331) and FS Forbin (D620), held a passing exercise in Bali waters (25/1)
Forbin is visiting Indonesian waters with the rest of French Carrier Strike Group as part of #CLEMEANCEAU25 #LAPEROUSE25
📸 TNI AL
Power in numbers.⚓️
🇨🇦🇮🇳 & 🇫🇷 forces conduct maritime activities during exercise #LAPEROUSE25.
These combined operations maintain stability in the region demonstrating our collective commitment to a #FreeAndOpenIndopacific
#Clemenceau25
HMS Spey participating in French-led multi-national exercise #LaPerouse25 protecting maritime choke points in the eastern Indian Ocean.
Conducted gunnery exercises while operating with 🇨🇦HMCS Ottawa, 🇫🇷FS Alsace and 🇮🇳INS Mumbai in the Sunda Strait.
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📍Indopacific | #LAPEROUSE25
🇲🇾 🇸🇬 🇫🇷 forces operating together for the benefit of a #FreeAndOpenIndopacific.
➡️ French carrier strike group ensuring maritime safety in the Indopacific.
📍Indopacifique | Poursuite de l’engagement du groupe aéronaval dans l’exercice #LAPEROUSE25 aux côtés de la 🇲🇾 et du 🇸🇬
➡️ Renforcement de la coopération avec les partenaires régionaux au profit d’un espace indopacifique libre, sûr et ouvert.
➡️ Engagement de la 🇫🇷 pour la sécurité maritime dans la zone.
#CLEMENCEAU25 | Cooperation between the French Carrier Strike Group and 🇸🇬 🇺🇸 🇨🇦 🇬🇧 🇦🇺 forces during #LAPEROUSE25 exercise.
➡️ Ensuring maritime security and promoting a #FreeAndOpenIndopacific with our #FriendsAndPartners
#CLEMENCEAU25 | Coopération avec les partenaires 🇸🇬 🇺🇸 🇨🇦 🇬🇧 🇦🇺 durant l’exercice #LAPEROUSE25.
➡️ Contribuer à la sûreté maritime en Indopacifique.
➡️ Renforcement des liens avec des partenaires régionaux de confiance.
📍 #LAPEROUSE25 | 🇲🇾 🇸🇬 and 🇫🇷 forces operating together.
➡️ Steadfast commitment to maritime safety and freedom of navigation.
➡️ Information-sharing thanks to the 🇪🇺 communication and coordination system IORIS.
📍 #LAPEROUSE25 | Manœuvres conjointes des 🇲🇾 🇸🇬 et 🇫🇷
Entraînement à la défense anti-aérienne, aux tirs et au partage de l’information via la plateforme sécurisée IORIS développée par l’🇪🇺.
The multinational #LAPEROUSE25 exercise has begun in the eastern Indian Ocean around the Indonesian archipelago. Nine French allied and partner navies are participating. The focus is to train to secure strategic maritime roads in the #IndoPacific 🇫🇷
www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2...
📍#CLEMENCEAU25 | Début de l’exercice multinational #LAPEROUSE25 rassemblant 🇦🇺 🇨🇦 🇺🇸 🇮🇳 🇮🇩 🇲🇾 🇬🇧 🇸🇬 et le groupe aéronaval 🇫🇷 dans les détroits indonésiens de Malacca, La Sonde et Lombok.
@marinenationale.bsky.social
#LAPEROUSE25 kicks off !
➡️ Multilateral cooperation 🇦🇺 🇨🇦 🇺🇸 🇫🇷 🇮🇳 🇮🇩 🇲🇾 🇬🇧 🇸🇬 demonstrating a steadfast commitment to a #FreeAndOpenIndopacific.
➡️ Ensuring free access to common spaces through an approach based on respect for international law.
@marinenationale.bsky.social
Thank you ⚓️
Stopover in India for the 🇫🇷 carrier strike group, fostering camaraderie & interoperability.
A lasting cooperation with our #FriendAndPartner both promoting a #FreeAndOpenIndopacific.
Next step ➡️ #LaPerouse25 🇮🇩🇲🇾🇸🇬🇵🇭🇧🇳🇺🇸🇯🇵🇦🇺🇮🇳🇨🇦🇬🇧🇳🇿🇫🇷.
#CLEMENCEAU25
