Pak Navy conducts exercise to counter asymmetric threats across all major ports

KARACHI: The Pakistan Navy conducted a two-day exercise focusing on countering sub-conventional and asymmetric threats across all major ports and harbours, according to a statement issued by the Pakistan Navy on Sunday.

The exercise was aimed at validating and refining tactics, techniques and procedures to ensure robust defence of critical maritime infrastructure against asymmetric threats.

In a statement on Sunday, the PN’s spokesperson said that the exercise involved coordinated operations by the PN fleet units, Pakistan Marines, special services group (SSG) and naval aviation.

Scenarios were designed to simulate a range of sub-conventional threats including sabotage, infiltration and unconventional attacks to enhance inter-agency coordination, situational awareness and response capabilities, read the statement.

Commander Coast Rear Admiral Faisal Amin visited various operational setups at ports and harbours and witnessed live-action simulations carried out by participating units.

He appreciated the high level of preparedness and professional conduct demonstrated during the exercises, read the statement.

Earlier this week, India’s Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, in a hostile statement, said that New Delhi would use the firepower of its navy in response to any future “aggression” by Pakistan.

“If Pakistan resorts to anything evil or unethical, it will, this time, face the firepower and ire of the Indian Navy,” Singh said on the aircraft carrier INS Vikrant off the coast of the western Indian state of Goa.