New Delhi, India: Amid tension between India and China over the Ladakh border dispute in which 20 Indian soldiers were killed in Galwan on June 15, 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.
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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.
"I can confirm that the USS Nimitz and USS Ronald Reagan are conducting dual-carrier operations and exercises in the South China Sea to support a free and open Indo-Pacific," Lt Cmdr. Sean Brophy, APR+M, Public Affairs Officer for the Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group, told news agency ANI.
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