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| Indian, U.S. Navies Conduct Exercises |
| 2006-10-28 |
| NEW DELHI (AP) - Indian and U.S. destroyers, frigates and submarines conducted joint naval exercises off India's western coast Friday, officials said. The training exercises include anti-submarine operations, boarding hostile vessels and a "simulated war at sea," the Indian navy said in a statement. A Canadian frigate also joined the exercises. The U.S. Embassy said more than 6,500 U.S. Navy personnel were taking part in the exercises, which began Wednesday and run through Nov. 5. "The purpose of the multinational exercise, which focuses on a number of naval mission areas, is to strengthen ties between American, Canadian and Indian forces as well as enhance the cooperative security relationship between the nations involved," the Embassy said in a statement. The exercises involve several American and Indian destroyers, guided-missile frigates and other warships carrying out combat, search-and-rescue and patrolling maneuvers in the Arabian Sea. |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #5 I guess the obvious answer would be "Why would anyone need more than one?" |
| Posted by: gorb 2006-10-28 15:54 |
| #4 It *is* good to see the Canadians involved. Although in keeping with the tradition of teasing our brothers to the north, I have to ask do they mean a Canadian frigate also joined the exercises or *the* Canadian frigate? |
| Posted by: SteveS 2006-10-28 11:00 |
| #3 nice to see the Canucks in there, too |
| Posted by: Frank G 2006-10-28 09:38 |
| #2 Malabar-06 hints at growing Indo-US military cooperation Pioneer News Service | New Delhi The Indian Navy and the US Navy are conducting a joint exercise named "Malabar-06" off Goa and frontline platforms are taking part in the bilateral exercise, which started on Tuesday and would end on November 5. This exercise, ninth in the past few years, indicates the growing military co-operation between the two countries. This ongoing exercise will see the two navies engaging in advanced exercises, including anti-submarine operations, maritime interdictions, weapon firings, visit board search and seizure(VBSS) operations, dissimilar air combat, cross-deck flying and a simulated war at sea, Indian Navy spokesman Captain Vinay Garg said here on Thursday. The Indian Navy has fielded destroyer INS Mysore, guided missile frigates INS Beas and INS Ganga, replenishment tanker INS Shakti, a large landing ship INS Gharial, sub surface killer submarine INS Shankul, reconnaissance aircraft, Sea Harrier fighter jets operating from ashore and Coast Guard ship Samar, he said. The US Navy's Expeditionary Strike Group comprises USS Boxer (landing platform with helicopter and dock), cruiser USS Bunker Hill, destroyers Benfold and Howard, US Coast Guard cutter Midgett, Canadian frigate Ottawa, nuclear powered submarine Providence and a P3C maritime reconnaissance aircraft, Captain Garg said. The two navies for the first time would be carrying expeditionary operations of the Konkan coast and for this operation involving sea borne landings, some of our army troops have already been trained on board Gharial. These troops would be exercising with US Marines as part of the Malabar series of exercise. Highlighting the importance of these joint exercises, he said these interactions help the Indian Navy to hone its skills and audit standards by first hand comparison with the navies of advanced countries. It improves mutual understanding and co-operation and helps evolve inter-operability through common drills and procedures, he said. |
| Posted by: john 2006-10-28 08:32 |
| #1 Who says it's an exercise? |
| Posted by: bigjim-ky 2006-10-28 08:15 |