Indian Leak Derails US Bid For Indonesian Airspace Access
Just a day before the United States and Indonesia were set to sign a major defence deal on 13 April, a classified document outlining a secret plan to grant American military jets blanket access to Indonesian airspace was leaked by an Indian media outlet.This access would have allowed Washington to monitor the Malacca Strait, a vital trade chokepoint, especially significant given Iran’s blockade
Just a day before the United States and Indonesia were set to sign a major defence deal on 13 April, a classified document outlining a secret plan to grant American military jets blanket access to Indonesian airspace was leaked by an Indian media outlet.This access would have allowed Washington to monitor the Malacca Strait, a vital trade chokepoint, especially significant given Iran’s blockade
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