Ahead of Vice- President Joe Biden’s maiden visit to India, a top US naval commander has said ties between the navies of the two countries have hit the “big time” as they are conducting coordinated operations.
Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Jonathan W Greenert characterised navy-to-navy ties as “solid and growing” and said bilateral wargames had progressed from “two ships going by doing flashing lights...Probably about a decade ago, to coordinated operations, carrier air wing and under sea”.
“And that’s when you hit the big time, when you can work with a partner under the water and ensure yourself, you’re not going to run into each other, and we are at that level with the Indian Navy,” Greenert said.