New Delhi: India has sent five major warships and a submarine for a wargame with the French Navy in the Gulf of Aden that is aimed at building joint capabilities for anti-terror operations and interdiction on the high seas.
"This is the first time we are exercising with the French Navy far away from Indian waters and it is also the first time that our aircraft carrier INS Viraat is being used in manoeuvres with the French," Indian Navy spokesman Commander Vinay Garg told IANS.
A platoon of Indian Army paratroopers has joined the Indian Navy's elite Marine Commandos - or Marcos - to train with French Special Forces for missions to interdict ships at sea, Garg said.
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