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Exercise comprises various drills across the spectrum of maritime operations: French Embassy (File) New Delhi: The Indian and French navies on Sunday kicked off a three-day mega wargame in the Arabian Sea in the backdrop of rising concern over China's growing maritime presence in the Indian Ocean region. The French Navy has deployed its nuclear-powered aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle, and its entire carrier strike group in the exercise, reflecting the seriousness of the drill. The French Embassy said the 19th edition of the Varuna exercise underscores the shared interests and commitment o...

'Varuna' naval exercise between India, France to begin on Sunday ANI | Updated: Apr 24, 2021 22:00 IST New Delhi [India], April 24 (ANI): The nineteenth edition of the Indian and French Navy bilateral exercise 'Varuna -2021' will begin on Sunday. The three-day exercise will see high tempo-naval operations at sea, including advanced air defence and anti-submarine exercises, intense fixed and rotary wing flying operations, tactical manoeuvres, surface and anti-air weapon firings, underway replenishment and other maritime security operations. An official r...

4 NAS SIGONELLA, Italy – The Dwight D. Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group (IKE CSG) is a multiplatform team of ships, aircraft and more than 5,000 Sailors, capable of carrying out a wide variety of missions around the globe. It brings multi-mission capable platforms to the U.S. Sixth Fleet area of operations with strike, ballistic missile defense, and intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance capabilities. Last March, the IKE was the first aircraft carrier to conduct a logistics and maintenance period (LMP) at Naval Support Activity (NSA) Souda Bay, Greece, during the COV...

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defenceWeb Written by defenceWeb - Agusta-Bell AB212. The European Union naval tasking off the Horn of Africa, which started life as protection for World Food Programme (WFP) vessels delivering food aid to stricken communities in Somalia and other countries in the region, has developed into a full-fledged maritime mission. A critical component of the mission, codenamed Operation Atalanta, is aerial assets. These include maritime patrol and reconnaissance aircraft; maritime helicopters, termed organic because they are ship-based, and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). The most utilised air asse...