Sailing the Sunda Strait

[Alan Mighty]

Originally Posted by Alan Mighty

What happened after that required very careful consideration and confused me, perhaps because of the low level of my mathematical expertise, my low level of fluency in Bahasa Indonesia and Bahasa Inggeris, and my low level of barracks legal skills. The discussion seemed to involve two calculations: 1. the width of the channel in which vessels could navigate through the gap between two islands; and 2. the width of the available channel on one side of the centreline.

With respect to No. 1, everyone (TNI officers and interlopers such as myself) all seemed to agree that the tolerable navigable channel was 1 nm (10%) wide.

Without wanting to beat this issue more, I note that my initial reading of UNCLOS was in agreement with StuM's reading No. 1: that the 10% of available width ought be the minimum distance from the coast that a vessel can pass.

If my understanding of the Indonesian navy interpretation was accurate, they (TNI AL) went with the alternative reading of UNCLOS.

Should you want to pursue the issue and test your barracks lawyer skills against others, point your browser to: PENEGAKAN HUKUM TERHADAP PESAWAT MILITER ASING YANG DITERBANGKAN DARI KAPAL INDUK SAAT MELINTAS ALUR LAUT KEPULAUAN INDONESIA (ALKI) | Hajaruman | Perspektif Hukum

[Paul L]

Indonesia just shut their borders again starting Jan 1
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