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PDF: Exercise Silver Shield a go

MANADO — The PDF will hold its first joint missile defense drill in the Indo-Pacific region involving all AU member states. The drills will be held in eight locations: in the Gulf of Thailand, Banda Arc, Zanzibar Archipelago, Bohai Sea, Tsushima Straits, Celebes Sea, Gulf of Tonkin, and the Riau Islands.

The PDFGF has confirmed the participation of the following units in the exercise, which has been dubbed ‘Exercise Silver Shield’: the 28th Air Defense Army, 31st Air Defense Army, 32nd Air Defense Army, 1st People's Airborne Army, and the 5th Red Army. In total, 500,000 personnel from the Ground Forces will participate in the exercise. The PDFADF and PDFAF will cumulatively deploy 400 aircraft for the exercise as well, along with Missile Brigade 8 of the PDFSMF. Exercise Silver Shield involves the live fire testing of various anti-missile systems, such as shipborne and land-based CIWS, anti-ballistic defences (like the HQ-19 or HQ-26), the DF-17 HGV-based ballistic missile, area and point defense systems (such as the HQ-29 or HQ-16), and so on. It will also test the response times for road-mobile defense systems, particularly in difficult terrain such as jungle, beaches, and mountains.

The one-month exercise will be a good opportunity to simulate real-time events and test the AU’s joint response capabilities, as well as the AU’s ability to communicate on bilateral networks. Additionally, this marks a commitment by the AU to construct an improved multilayered missile defense system to counter missile threats from various foreign entities. Emphasis will also be placed on counter-battery and SEAD technologies to neutralize all hostile fire, with a separate SEAD/C-RAM component of drills for AU personnel.

The PDF will deploy Carrier Strike Groups 1, 2, 5, and 6 to the Gulf of Thailand, Gulf of Tonkin, Zanzibar Archipelago, and Celebes Sea respectively for the drills.

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