PANAJI: The United Kingdom Strike Group (CSG) and Indian Navy held maritime exercises in Bengal Bay, the two countries said in a statement.
Maritime partnership exercises between the Indian Navy and the Kingdom Navy see two navies that carry out various multi-ship maritime evolution, air, sea and sub-surface, as well as, close the quarter of maneuver, the UK High Commission said.
Wargames also included the F-35B Stealth Fighter operating from the HMS Queen Elizabeth deck.
This is a girl exercise between the Indian Navy and the latest Royal Navy aircraft carrier, HMS Queen Elizabeth.
This exercise allows both navies to advance their interoperability and cooperation ahead of the same maritime training later this year.
“This is a month that will see the Kingdom Navy and the Indian Navy meet and work together in two sea – begins in the Indian Ocean as a group of British aircraft boats arrived for the first of several English exercises and events.
Then this summer, both of them will Participate in separate exercises in the Atlantic Ocean, “said the first sea sea, Admiral Sir Tony Radakin.
He described the spread as a sign of strength and the importance of a growing relationship between the two navies.
As many as 10 ships, two submarines, around 20 aircraft and nearly 4,000 personnel participated in maritime training.
Indian Navy mobilized Satpura, INS Ranvir, INS Jyoti, INS Kavaratti, INS Kulish and submarines for training.
The maritime maritime surveillance aircraft in India, P-8i also participated.
“As HMS Queen Elizabeth and the group of strikes across the Indian Ocean, it is only natural that we have to exercise with the Indian Navy,” said Commodore Steve Moorhouse, CSG Commander.
Indian warships will also do exercises with the royal navy off the British coast in August.
The Indian Navy said that routine interactions between the two navies had been added “interoperability and adaptability in a changeful security scenario.”
India, UK Navies Maiden ‘Wargames’ in Bay of Bengal
