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Pakistan’s Navy Ship Nasar Participated in Exercise Kakadu IX in Darwin Australia
Exercise Kakadu IX
is a vital maritime exercise that strengthens ties with Australia’s
international counterparts and seeks to improve maritime interoperability.
Exercise Kakadu IX was held in the Northern Australian Exercise Area Darwin. It
was the Royal Australian Navy’s premier international engagement activity for
2008.
Regional participating forces contributed 10 ships to the Australian contingent
as well as various supporting military aircraft. The 19 day exercise help to
bring together defence personnel from Australia, New Zealand, France, New
Caledonia, Singapore, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Pakistan, Japan and Thailand.
Around 2,000 personnel take part in Exercise Kakadu IX.
Pakistan’s Navy ship Nasar came to Australia to participatie in the exercise.
During the visit to Australia, Pak Navy arranged a cocktail party on Pakistani
Navy Ship Nasar during the Harbour phase of Exercise Kakadu and it was attended
by Royal Australian Navy officers, Visiting Navies and Defence Advisor of
Pakistan High Commission Australia Brigadier Babar Mansoor Virk. The Host
Captain Zahid thanked all guests & Lieutenant Commander Michael Manfield
Executive Officer HMAS Collins for attending Pak Navy party on ship Nasar.
