Australia has carried on with scheduled joint naval and air exercises with the Indonesian military this week, despite that country's apparent impending collapse. Three frigates and a destroyer, approximately a third of Australia's navy, along with three Australian F-111 bombers and a P-3 Orion reconnaissance aircraft, will be joined by a similar number of Indonesian forces in the exercises. The exercises, titled "New Horizons," will take place off the Indonesian port of Surabaya. The Australian government acknowledged the sensitive timing of the maneuvers, but stated that the long-planned exercises, which take place within the two countries' bilateral defense accord, were not subject to internal Indonesian events. Nevertheless, Australia, like other countries, is arranging for the potential evacuation of its citizens from Indonesia on chartered civilian Boeing 747 jets. Taiwan and Japan have also sent naval forces to Indonesian waters, though not as part of joint exercises.