India and the UK have conducted ‘Exercise Konkan Shakti 2021’ where all three-armed forces wings of both nations are participating.
“All 3 services from the Indian and UK armed forces exercising simultaneously in exercise Konkan Shakti-21 conducted by the 2 countries to date. CSG21 aircraft and ships participating side by side with our Indian counterparts developing interoperability,” Commander UK Carrier Strike Group tweeted.
The maiden India-UK tri-service exercise Konkan Shakti is scheduled to be conducted from October 21 to October 27 off the west coast of India and aims to derive mutual benefits from each other’s experience.
“The harbour phase is planned at Mumbai from October 21 to October 23, while at sea, the exercise will be conducted from October 24 to 27,” as per the press release.
“Over decades now, both navies have undertaken bilateral exercises, exchanges and enhanced their technical cooperation. Rightly so, this has formed the basis for the maiden tri-service bilateral exercise, Konkan Shakti-21,” the press release said.
