Amid tension between India and China over the Ladakh border dispute, the Indian Navy took part in military exercises with a US Navy battle group near the Andaman and Nicobar Islands in the Bay of Bengal.
The American flotilla, led by the USS Nimitz – a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier – and Indian ships carried out manoeuvres called PASSEX (passing exercise) to build upon years of trust between the two forces.The Nimitz and the USS Ronald Reagan, another aircraft carrier, and four warships have been operating in the contested South China Sea region to assert freedom of navigation and provide a deterrent to China’s expansionist plans.
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