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Sunday, May 10, 2009

Pak-US naval exercise




The US and Pakistani Naval forces are conducting bilateral exercise code named “INSPIRED UNION” and “INSPIRED RESPONSE” from May 10 to 20. An ISPR (Navy) press release issued here on Sunday said that these exercises are a yearly feature meant to enhance interoperability between the two Naval Forces and improve security in maritime domain. It said that the exercise Inspired Union conducted between ships of two navies has been divided in harbour and sea phases. The sea phase will include serials designed to refine war fighting tactics, practice Command and Control and fight asymmetric threats. Two surface ships USS LAKE CHAMPLAIN and USS HALYBURTON are participating in the exercise from US side whereas from Pakistan side PNS KHAIBAR, PNS TARIQ, Missile Boats and Aviation units are participating. Concurrently, Special Operations Forces (SOF) of both the navies is also conducting exercise code named “INSPIRED RESPONSE”. The focus of SOF exercises are explosive Ordnance Disposal, demolition and deep sea diving

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