NEW YORK – Indian and US Navies held joint submarine hunting exercise inIndian Ocean, imaging Pakistan and Chinese targets in the Indian Ocean.

Indian and the US Navies have held a joint submarine-hunting exercise inthe Indian Ocean, aiming to lay the groundwork for coordinating maritimepatrol and reconnaissance, according to the US Navy.

Indian and the US` P-8 anti-submarine aircraft, along with the USSSpruance, a guided-missile destroyer, participated in the anti-submarinewarfare training on April 15, a US 7th Fleet press statement issued fromDiego Garcia said.

The Indian P-8I Neptune aircraft from the Naval Air Squadron 312 based atNaval Station Rajali in Arakkonam, Tamil Nadu, joined the US P-8A Poseidonaircraft from Patrol Squadron VP-8 “Fighting Tigers”, based inJacksonville, Florida, in the exercise, the statement said.

“We look forward to developing useful lessons through this engage