Wednesday, January 27, 2016

Indian Navy conducts large scale fleet exercise on eastern seaboard

The Indian Navy has been conducted large scale Fleet exercise on the eastern seaboard to maintain high levels of combat readiness and counter emerging threats.
  • The exercises were conducted across a vast geographical areaextending from the Northern Bay of Bengal to the Andaman Sea.
About Exercise
  • 24 ships, 2 submarines and over 10 aircraft participated in the exercise, which included the nuclear submarine Chakra as well as units from the Andaman-Nicobar Command.
  • A ship from the Western Naval Command with the Kamov 31 Air Early Warning helicopter was also deployed for the exercise.
  • To refine war fighting skills and concepts, various aspects of maritime warfarewere introduced into the exercise.
  • A wide range of weapons, including Surface to Surface missiles (SSMs),Surface to Air missiles (SAMs) and Land Attack Missiles (LAMs) were fired from various platforms.
  • The Hawk Fighter aircraft and P8I Long Range Maritime reconnaissance aircraft were also integrated into the exercise.
It was conducted as there have been increased sightings of Chinese submarines in the region, including a nuclear attack boat.

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