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Indian Navy embarks upon 'mock war' to test sea preparedness

The Indian Navy on Thursday embarked upon a major war-game to test counter-offensive measures in the context of a threat on the western front.

The naval exercise, described as 'routine and local', involved at least eight ships, helicopters and jet fighters crisscrossing around 200 nautical miles of the bluewater off the Mumbai coast in a sort of blitzkrieg to stimulate deep penetration attacks against the enemy.

"This is a routine exercise and we have not given any code name to it," Naval Chief Admiral Madhavendra Singh said.

The historic INS Virat served as a base ship for the attack as Sea King and Chetak helicopters and Sea Harrier jets were launched to strike at the enemy.

PTI

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