India and France will
hold a 10 day naval exercise ‘Varuna’ next month that will see the French
aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle with naval version of Rafale aircraft in
action.The exercise to be held in the Western coast will begin on April 23 and continue till May 3. Defence sources said the French will also bring in two destroyers and one support ship, part of the Charles de Gaulle task force.
India will also deploy
its aircraft carrier INS Vikrant along with other ships and aircraft.
The annually held Varuna naval exercise is an integral part of France?India strategic relationship and consists of naval cooperation drills between the French and the Indian Navy.
This year’s exercise
will focus on theatre-level Indo-French military cooperation in aero-naval and
anti-submarine warfare
