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Japanese ships on way to India for joint exercise
21 Aug 2008, 0228 hrs IST,TNN
NEW DELHI: With both India and Japan keen to build the strategic focus in their "global partnership", the two nations are steadily stepping up their military ties, especially in the maritime domain.
Even as Navy Chief Admiral Sureesh Mehta left for Japan on Tuesday to discuss ways to bolster the bilateral defence relationship, three Japanese warships are headed for India's western coast for a visit to Mumbai port as well as "passex" exercise.
The warships, guided-missile destroyers JDS Umigiri' and JDS Asagiri' and a training ship JDS Kashima', will be in the waters off Mumbai from August 23 to 26. "On their way out, they will exercise with one of our Delhi-class destroyers and a corvette, with manoeuvres like flying operations, cross-deck landings and over-the-horizon targeting being held," said an officer.
Both India and Japan have common concerns about extremism and terrorism, with a key focus on safety of sea lanes in Indian Ocean region and beyond. The navies and coast guards of two countries have been regularly holding joint exercises to build "interoperability".
Japanese ships on way to India for joint exercise-India-The Times of India
21 Aug 2008, 0228 hrs IST,TNN
NEW DELHI: With both India and Japan keen to build the strategic focus in their "global partnership", the two nations are steadily stepping up their military ties, especially in the maritime domain.
Even as Navy Chief Admiral Sureesh Mehta left for Japan on Tuesday to discuss ways to bolster the bilateral defence relationship, three Japanese warships are headed for India's western coast for a visit to Mumbai port as well as "passex" exercise.
The warships, guided-missile destroyers JDS Umigiri' and JDS Asagiri' and a training ship JDS Kashima', will be in the waters off Mumbai from August 23 to 26. "On their way out, they will exercise with one of our Delhi-class destroyers and a corvette, with manoeuvres like flying operations, cross-deck landings and over-the-horizon targeting being held," said an officer.
Both India and Japan have common concerns about extremism and terrorism, with a key focus on safety of sea lanes in Indian Ocean region and beyond. The navies and coast guards of two countries have been regularly holding joint exercises to build "interoperability".
Japanese ships on way to India for joint exercise-India-The Times of India
