Commander of the United Kingdom Carrier Strike Group, Commodore James Blackmore said that joint maritime exercise between India and the UK, Exercise Konkan, allowed the Indian Navy and Royal Navy to enhance their ability to integrate as two Blue Water Carrier navies.

Commodore Blackmore was speaking to the media in the backdrop of Exercise Konkan, in which the Indian Navy’s carrier strike group led by INS Vikrant and the UK Carrier Strike Group led by HMS Prince of Wales operated together for the first time. Exercise Konkan, named after the strategically crucial region on the Western coast of India, is undertaken every two years to enhance joint maritime and air capabilities between the Indian and UK navies on the high seas.

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