Pakistan Navy's maritime exercise `SEASPARK 2009' commenced on Monday. An ISPR (Navy) press release said on Monday that the exercise spanning over six weeks, will be conducted in North Arabian Sea employing all operational units of Pakistan Navy including ships, submarines, aircraft, Special Services Group and Pak Marines.
It said that the main objective of the exercise is to assess the operational readiness of Pakistan Navy and provide an opportunity to the officers and men to operate under multi-threat environment and exercise responses accordingly. The exercise has been divided into four main phases: Preparatory, Mobilisation, War and Analysis.
The exercise is presently in the Mobilisation Phase, which includes activation of Forward Operating Bases, Dispersal Sites and Command and Control Centres. Opening brief of the exercise was held this morning at PN Dockyard, which was presided over by Chief of the Naval Staff, Admiral Noman Bashir.
Participating units of the exercise, which also include supporting units from PAF, have been divided into Blue and Orange forces depicting friend and foe respectively. The exercise is conducted under the auspices of Pakistan Navy Ops Directorate headed by Rear Admiral Tanveer Faiz. Commander Pakistan Fleet Rear Admiral Asif Sandila commands the Blue Force whereas Rear Admiral Abbas Raza is incharge of Orange Force. During the inaugural session, the Force Commanders presented their Concept of Operations (ConOps).
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