U.S. Navy joins Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force in mine removal exercise
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Sailors deployed with Mine Countermeasures Squadron 7 and members of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force move a combat rubber raiding craft aboard the minesweeper tender JS Uraga during Mine Warfare Exercise 1JA 2021. Photo by Mass Communications Specialist 2nd Class Nick Bauer/U.S. Navy
Feb. 8 (UPI) -- The U.S. Navy and the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force concluded a nine-day mine warfare exercise off the Japanese coast, the Navy announced.
The annual event, this year named Mine Warfare Exercise 1JA 2021 and held in southwestern Japan's Ise Bay, is designed to increase mutual proficiency in mine countermeasure operations.