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Indian’s navy announced that they would be joining with their Russian counterparts and begin conducting joint drills in the Arabian Sea. The operation, entitle INDRA, is aimed at supporting cooperation between the two countries. The two nations will practice the enforcement of maritime law and combating terrorists, pirates and drug smugglers. The exercise will involve live-fire drills.

The first stage of the operation includes a joint mission between the Russian Northern Fleet’s Pyotr Veliky cruiser and the India’s Delhi destroyer. This will include basic maneuvers and docking in ports in India. This will be followed by meetings of further ships from Russia’s Pacific Fleet, joining with more Indian ships before shipping out to the Somalian coast for more drills.

This marks increased cooperation between the two nations.

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