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India, Japan concludes sixth version of maritime train ‘JIMEX’

New Delhi [India], September 19 (ANI): The sixth version of the Japan India Maritime Exercise 2022, JIMEX 22 hosted by the Indian Navy concluded within the Bay of Bengal with the 2 sides bidding farewell to one another with a customary steam previous on September 17, 2022.

Indian Naval ships led by Rear Adm Sanjay Bhalla, Flag Officer Commanding Eastern Fleet and Japan Maritime Self Defence Force (JMSDF) Ships Izumo and Takanami led by Rear Adm Hirata Toshiyuki, Commander Escort Flotilla Four, participated within the week-long train.

JIMEX 22 witnessed a number of the most complicated workout routines undertaken collectively by the 2 navies. Both sides engaged in superior degree anti-submarine warfare, weapon firings and Air Defence workout routines. Shipborne helicopters, fighter plane and submarines additionally participated within the train. Indian Navy and JMSDF ships replenished one another at sea below the settlement on Reciprocal Provision for Supply and Services (RPSS).

The train, which marked the tenth anniversary of JIMEX since its inception in 2012, consolidated the mutual understanding and interoperability between the 2 navies.

The sixth version of JIMEX 2022 hosted by the Indian Navy started within the Bay of Bengal on September 11. The Indian Navy was represented by three indigenously designed and constructed warships, Sahyadri, a multi-purpose stealth frigate and Anti-Submarine Warfare Corvettes Kadmatt and Kavaratti.

Additionally, Guided Missile Destroyer Ranvijay, Fleet Tanker Jyoti, Offshore Patrol Vessel Sukanya, submarines, MIG 29K fighter plane, Long Range Maritime Patrol Aircraft and ship-borne helicopters additionally participated within the train, learn the Indian Navy press launch.

The Indian Naval ships welcomed JMSDF ships Izumo, a Helicopter Carrier, and Takanami, a Guided Missile Destroyer, on their arrival within the Bay of Bengal, added the discharge.

JIMEX 22 concerned two Phases; workout routines at sea and a harbour section at Visakhapatnam.

This version additionally coincided with the seventieth anniversary of the institution of diplomatic relations between India and Japan. JIMEX 22 seeks to consolidate the excessive diploma of interoperability between the 2 international locations’ maritime forces by means of complicated workout routines within the floor, sub-surface and air domains.

The workout routines had been geared toward enhancing interoperability and streamlining seamanship and communication procedures. This train was a part of the continued efforts between the 2 navies towards making certain protected and safe worldwide transport and commerce within the Indian Ocean Region (IOR).

The two international locations have been finishing up common workout routines in IOR in direction of reinforcing maritime affiliation. (ANI)

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