Lagatar24 Desk
New Delhi, July 6: An 11-day military exercise between the US and Indian Navy was conducted at Kochi with the goal of improving operational coordination and interoperability.
The seventh edition of the Salvage and Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) exercise ends on Thursday, the Indian Navy said.
Joint salvage and EOD exercises between the two navies have been going on since 2005.
Along with expert diving and EOD teams, both sides deployed frontline warships for the exercise.
“The diving teams of both the countries shared experiences on maritime salvage and trained together in various facets of EOD operations on land as well at sea,” the Indian Navy said in a statement.
In order to improve interoperability, cohesion, and learn from best practises in maritime salvage and EOD operations, joint training exercises were conducted, according to the statement.
“The constructive engagements on operational terms enhanced the skill-sets of the diving teams in a number of diverse disciplines such as mine detection and neutralization, wreck location and salvage,” the Navy said.
