Indian and the US forces have kicked off a big joint land and sea exercises off the Goa coast, after a lull of almost a year and half, attempting for the first time to land joint expeditonary forces from the sea."US marines and specialised Indian army troops would be attempting to land sea-borne expeditionary forces during the exercises code named Malabar-9 off the Konkan coast," according to a Naval spokesman here.
The exercises have already commenced from October 24 and would for the first time see US Marines in action on the Indian soil as they go through complex battle manouvres in the Army's prestigious commando school in Belgaum.
After introducing the Indian Navy to their huge nuclear powered carriers, US Navy has brought its newest Nuclear powered submarine USS Providence for the exercises. The other elements of the US forces will be its huge copter-cum-landing ship USS Boxer, Destroyers Benfold and Howard, the US CoastGuard cutter Midget, Canandian frigate Ottawa and sea spyplane P-3C Orions.
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