coast guard exercise

Coast guard carries out exercise in Arabian Sea

MUMBAI, Feb 1/2002: For a change the early morning calm over the Arabian Sea was shattered as dornier aircrafts cut across the blue skies to liquidate mock targets, choppers carrying out helobatics and ships displaying a range of coast guard operations on the eve of the 17th anniversary of the coast guard yesterday.

Mediapersons witnessed the exercise during a conducted ‘day-at-sea’ onboard front-line ship ‘CGA Samar’, carried out under the supervision of Commodore S Pradeep, Commander of Coast Guard Western Region.

While the Agile single-engine Chetak multi-role helicopters, which are the only choppers used by the Coast Guard, performed an array of helobatics leaving the audience spellbound even as they displayed their manoeuvrability through a search-and-rescue exercise, the sleek dornier aircraft displayed several drills and mock firing and aerial recce missions.

The oil-spill response and anti-poaching activities were also displayed as part of the day-long-exercise by the Coast Guard, which is the only maritime agency in the world, to have apprehended pirates. A mock operation was also carried out showing capturing of ‘Pirates’.

Containing an oil spill was carried out through helicopters and specialised vessels using sophisticated technologies and pollution-response has the Indian Coast Guard which is the Nodal Agency for Search and Rescue (S R) in the Indian Search and Rescue Region.

The officers also explained how it provides assistance to institutions engaged in research for collecting oceanographic data and other information. (UNI)

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