"Doug "Woody" and Erin Beal" wrote in message
...

Sounds like Indonesian media is trying to stir up hate and discontent
toward
the U.S. Military--a popular thing for media to do.

Agreed

On 9/2/03 11:44 PM, in article
, "Bram U. Kusuma"
wrote:

snip

What is the standard procedure for CV aircrafts on CAP enroute through
territorial waters of another country? Was this really what actually
happen?

Where are you defining "territorial waters?" Again, international waters
are defined by international law as starting 12 miles off of a country's
coast. I have a hard time believing that the Hornets or the CV were
inside
of 12 miles from land.

As I understand it, the US Navy ocasionally transits through Sunda Strait
(Sumatera/Java) and Lambok Strait (Bali/Lombok), claiming they are
'International Straits'. Both transits require going within 12nm of
Indonesian land. I doubt that flying operations stop for the few dozen miles
that they are reasonably close to land.

In any case, when a carrier does operate near land,
every attempt is made to respect commercial airways in both laterally and
in
altitude. Otherwise aircraft operate in "due regard..." That is
essentially, "we'll all share the same piece of sky and try to stay out of
each other's way even though there are no formal procedures to keep that
from happening."

These incidents do happen occasionally. They're not a big deal... Unless
the media trump them up as such.

It's a situation with a lot of possibilities for tension.


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Errol Cavit
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