QUESTION- A joint maritime exercise has been concluded by the INDIAN NAVY on 25 january (5jan-25jan) which is named as?
(a)VARUNA
(b)YUDH ABHYAAS
(c)PASCHIM LEHAR
(d)SAMUDRA SHAKTI
ANS-C
RELATED FACTS
- The exercise was conducted over a duration of 20 days
- It will enhance Inter-Service synergy among the Indian Navy, IAF, Indian Army and Coast Guard.
- The exercise was conducted under the aegis of FOC-in-C, Western Naval Command.
- IAF deployed SU 30 MKI & Jaguar maritime strike aircraft, Flight Refuelling Aircraft and AWACs.
- Indian Navy deployed maritime reconnaissance aircraft P8i, Dorniers, IL 38 SD, unmanned aerial systems and MiG 29K strike aircraft.
- Recently Indian Navy’s indigenously designed and built guided missile destroyer, INS Kochi, exercised with Russian Federation Navy’s RFS Admiral Tributs on 14 January 2022 in the Arabian Sea.
BY-AKASH SINGH