India, Japan hold bilateral maritime exercise
The Hindu
The exercise will enable the two navies to further strengthen their already wide-ranging strategic partnership: Indian Navy
Continuing the series of Naval exchanges, India and Japan held the fifth edition of the bilateral maritime exercise, JIMEX, in the Arabian Sea from October 6 to 8.
“The complex maritime exercises undertaken will enable the two navies to further strengthen their already wide-ranging strategic partnership and, when required, to jointly safeguard their maritime interests and ensure peace, security and stability in the region,” the Navy said in a statement.
The exercise saw the ships and aircraft of the Indian Navy and the Japan Maritime Self Defence Force (JMSDF) engaging in a high tempo of operations focused on air, surface and sub-surface dimensions of maritime operations as well as the air domain.