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.