Defence forces simulate emergency in Timor Sea
Updated
The Australian Defence Force says personnel from nine countries taking part in a military exercise off the coast of the Northern Territory, are practising in case a disaster hits the Asia Pacific region.
More than 2,000 sailors and air men will use war ships, aircraft and submarines over the next few weeks to simulate an emergency situation in the Timor Sea.
Australian Navy Captain Phillip Spedding says Exercise Kakadu allows naval personnel from countries, including Australia, Singapore and Japan, the chance to work together and set up emergency response procedures.
"We'll work through such things like how would we go about a collective response to humanitarian assistance or some form of disaster relief and we'll also look at how we do protection of the force alongside or at anchor," he said.
"Then we'll go to sea and we'll start of doing fairly basic manoeuvring exercises to make sure we're safe and get used to working with each other."
