New Delhi: Indian Navy has successfully achieved “maiden mating” of its assets with foreign submarines in South China Sea during a biennial multi-nation exercise, conducting the full spectrum of “intervention and rescue operations”, officials said on Saturday.

Mating in naval parlance refers to two or more systems coming together.

Exercise Pacific Reach (XPR), which began on September 15 and is being hosted by Singapore, will see the participation of more than 40 nations as active participants or as observers, the Indian defence ministry earlier said.

INS Nistar, functioning under the command and control of the Flag Officer Commanding, Eastern Fleet of the Indian Navy, made its maiden port call at Changi in Singapore on September 14, to participate in the exercise.

On September 15, of

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