PASSEX
- July 21, 2020
- Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
- Category: DPN Topics
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Subject:IR
Context:
USS Nimitz, US Navy’s nuclear-powered aircraft carrier exercised with the Indian Navy near the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
Concept:
- Usually, PASSEX drills happen whenever there is an opportunity. This means that such exercises happen spontaneously and there is nothing pre-planned.
- Very recently, the Indian Navy had similar drills with the Japanese Navy as well as the French Navy.
- It is opportunity to improve interoperability on the high seas and promote free and open Indo- Pacific, and an international rules-based order wherein each country can reach its potential without sacrificing national sovereignty.