Navigation mistakes cause navy to enter Indonesian waters five times

Preliminary investigations are believed to have found that Royal Australian Navy ships have breached Indonesian territorial waters on five occasions because of navigation errors and miscommunication involving both Border Protection Command headquarters in Canberra and the vessels at sea.

Two of these incidents are understood to have involved a clear breach of Indonesia's 12-nautical mile boundary, while the other three are considered to be marginal breaches.

Each is understood to have been accidental, with the commanding officers and crew unaware that they had strayed into Indonesian waters.

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