Indo-US naval forces to conduct excercise in Sept.-Oct.
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Mumbai, Aug. 4 (PTI): Signifying a growing relationship between India and the US, the navies of the two countries will hold their annual `Malabar' excercise around September-October this year.
"It reflects the positive relations between the naval forces of the world's two biggest democracies," Commander Stewen Mallow, the Captain of USS Cushing, the American destroyer that is docking off the coast of Mumbai said here today.
The excercise is a part of the normal routine and signifies the growing relations between the two navies, he said adding that the destroyer was on its routine visits to various ports.
The Captain said the ship had been stationed in Western Pacific and added that it would remain off the Mumbai Coast for a few more days before moving to some other destination.
He said the ship had docked just for "rest and relaxation but he refused to give "specific" details about the ship's plan.
Armed with Tomahawks missiles as its most potent strike weapon, the destroyer also boasts of state-of-the-art defence systems like Nato Sea Sparrow missiles, two 5-inch guns, Rolling Airframe Missile System and Close In Weapons System.
A highly versatile destroyer, the 25-year-old Cushing is capable of operating independently or in the company of amphibious or carrier task force.
http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/holnus/002200408041964.htm
Mumbai, Aug. 4 (PTI): Signifying a growing relationship between India and the US, the navies of the two countries will hold their annual `Malabar' excercise around September-October this year.
"It reflects the positive relations between the naval forces of the world's two biggest democracies," Commander Stewen Mallow, the Captain of USS Cushing, the American destroyer that is docking off the coast of Mumbai said here today.
The excercise is a part of the normal routine and signifies the growing relations between the two navies, he said adding that the destroyer was on its routine visits to various ports.
The Captain said the ship had been stationed in Western Pacific and added that it would remain off the Mumbai Coast for a few more days before moving to some other destination.
He said the ship had docked just for "rest and relaxation but he refused to give "specific" details about the ship's plan.
Armed with Tomahawks missiles as its most potent strike weapon, the destroyer also boasts of state-of-the-art defence systems like Nato Sea Sparrow missiles, two 5-inch guns, Rolling Airframe Missile System and Close In Weapons System.
A highly versatile destroyer, the 25-year-old Cushing is capable of operating independently or in the company of amphibious or carrier task force.
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