Posted on 06/24/2021 3:26:27 PM PDT by Right Wing Vegan
KUALA LUMPUR – The U.S. Navy carried out a high-tempo exercise this week in the Indian Ocean involving the Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group along with the Indian Navy and Indian Air Force. The drills come at the start of the 27th annual Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) exercise series with CARAT Sri Lanka on June 24, which will include USS Charleston (LCS-18) and the first official participation of the Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force (JMSDF) destroyer JS Yugiri (DD-153).
USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76), Carrier Air Wing 5 and its escorts carried out the two-day exercise with the Indian Navy and Indian Air Force on June 23 and 24. The drills went beyond the basic exercises at sea between the U.S. and Indian navies and included, “ advanced air defense exercises, cross deck helicopter operations and anti-submarine exercises,” according to the Indian Ministry of Defence.
The Indian Air Force stated that the U.S would fly F/A-18E/F Super Hornets and E-2 Hawkeyes during the exercise. The Indian Navy deployed the destroyer INS Kochi (D64) and the frigate INS Tej (F45) and its MiG-29K fighters, P-8I Maritime Patrol and Dornier 228 maritime surveillance aircraft. The Indian Air Force deployed Su-30MKI fighters and Jaguar attack aircraft, in addition to NETRA Airborne Early Warning and Control aircraft and IL-78 tankers for the exercise.
Earlier this week, the Reagan Strike Group conducted an exercise in the Indian Ocean with the JMSDF training ships JS Kashima (TV3508) and JS Setoyuki (TV3518).
CARAT is an ongoing annual series of bilateral and multilateral exercises conducted by the U.S Navy in various South and Southeast Asian countries, though the COVID-19 pandemic has reduced many of the interactions and Subject Matter Expert Exchange (SMEE) events to virtual conferences. CARAT Sri Lanka is the first of this year’s iteration.
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More synchronized than an Esther Williams Swim Team,
More choreographed than a Busby Berkeley dance routine!
Just sink the Indian navy ships and be done with it. They are not our allies, shame to be collaborating with them. Just sink them.
Up tempo exercises with bidens new “woke” military. Sounds like fun. But I don’t believe bidens administration got to our men and women taking care of us. You ain’t changing them. Most all bleed red white and blue and no evil mental people are going to change them. Keep up the good fight military, and thank you for your service, for all of you out there now serving and the ones in the past…. THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS YOU!!!
Care to explain?
The enemy of my enemy is my friend.
Both countries have problems with China that are not going to get any easier in the years to come.
I can explain. a loud minority on FR hates everything, everyone, and everyplace.
India qualifies as all three of those things.
I have noticed that.
Pretty depressing.
Just sink the Indian navy ships and be done with it. They are not our allies, shame to be collaborating with them. Just sink them.
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Eh? Are you drinking?
Having played enough modern naval wargames in an all out war with the PRC the Indian Navy would be securing the indian ocsen and straits of malacca. The Australian navy would cover indonesia and the JNSDF and Korea the northern areas leaving us free to deploy offensively anywhere.
Guess it’s just because of who is occupying the White House right now. I could be wrong here, but I venture to say that it is doubtful Biden can take credit for anything significant on the strategic side of defense matters. Military will tell him “Keep reading the teleprompter, Corn Pop.”
I hope they are proceeding equitably /s/
“Just sink the Indian navy ships and be done with it.”
That way we don’t need to worry about future potential allies because we won’t have any.
Why waste perfectly good cannon fodder?
“To: Reno89519 Care to explain? . . . Both countries have problems with China . . .”
Both the U.S. and India have a problem with Muslim terrorism as well.
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