Jakarta – The Indonesian army's elite detachment 81 antiterrorist squad has organized a joint exercise with the National Police detachment 88 counterterrorism unit at the army special forces (kopassus) headquarters in Cijantung.

"We must set the same standard here so we can develop our cooperation for the future," the military's chief of general staff, Lt. Gen. J Suryo Prabowo, said on Wednesday as quoted by kompas.com.

Under the banner Nusa Waspada II operation, the exercise would establish various scenarios involving terrorists, Suryo said.

Besides the two groups, the exercise also involved security officers from various companies in the hope that could be better equipped to prevent and detect threats in their vicinity.