The exercise at sea will feature advanced warfare tactics, anti-submarine warfare exercises, over-the-horizon targeting drills, air defence exercise, cross deck landings and other complex manoeuvers, said the Navy. United Kingdom Chief of the Defence Staff General Sir Nick Carter lays wreath at National War Memorial in New Delhi, Thursday, October 21, 2021. The Indian Air Force will have its Jaguars, Su-30 Mki, AWACS, AEW&C and flight refuel aircraft participate. The Royal NavyвЂ™s participating fleet will also have Type 45 Daring Class air-defence destroyer HMS Defender, Type 23 frigate HMS Richmond, a Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) Fort Victoria, and a Royal Netherland Navy Frigate HNLMS Evertsen.ДЇor the Indian Navy, three of its stealth guided missile destroyers INS Kolkata, INS Kochi and INS Chennai, two stealth frigates, INS Talwar and INS Teg, and the tanker INS Aditya will participate, along with Sea King 42B, Kamov-31 and Chetak helicopters, MIG 29K fighter aircraft, Dornier and P8i (maritime patrol aircraft), and a submarine. UKвЂ™s Royal Navy is being represented by its HMS Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier with her integral F35 fighter jets and helicopters. Rightly so, this has formed the basis for the maiden tri-service bilateral exercise, вЂKonkan Shakti -21вЂ™,вЂќ it added. Over decades now, both navies have undertaken bilateral exercises, exchanges and enhanced their technical cooperation. вЂњThe naval linkages between India and the United Kingdom is one of antiquity and, over a period, it has grown substantially in terms of interoperability and synergy. United Kingdom Chief of the Defence Staff General Sir Nick Carter inspects Guard of Honour on the lawns of South Block in New Delhi, Thursday, October 21, 2021. Harbour phase will be held in Mumbai from October 21 to October 23, moving to the sea phase which concludes on October 27. The maritime component of the exercise will be conducted off IndiaвЂ™s west coast in two phases.

Defender class star destroyer