In a display of growing defence cooperation between India and the United Kingdom, the Indian Air Force (IAF) has carried out a joint exercise with the UK Royal Navy over the Indian Ocean.

The UK Royal Navy’s F-35B stealth combat jets, termed as ‘fifth-generation’ planes produced by the US company Lockheed Martin, participated in the exercise. The IAF used

the Russia-made Sukhoi 30-MKI and the British origin-Jaguar which have a maritime role.

The F-35B jets are based on the deck of the 65,000-tonne UK Navy carrier, the HMS Prince of Wales. The IAF jets took off from land bases to carry out the drills.

The IAF, on Wednesday, posted pictures of the exercise and said, “On 14 Oct, IAF’s Sukhoi-30 MKIs, Jaguars, AWACS & AEW&C aircraft joined Royal Navy F-35Bs from HMS Prince of Wales for a j

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