Naval Ex. CARAT 2021 off Trincomalee today | Daily FT

By Asiri Fernando The joint maritime training exercise, Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) held between the US Navy and Sri Lankan armed forces will begin today (24) in Trincomalee, the Daily FT learns. The six-day exercise will see two Sri Lankan Navy (SLN) vessels and several Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) aircrafts engage with a US Navy vessel and a P-8 Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft. The exercise is planned with limited physical interaction in mind and will follow COVID-19 health regulations, the SLN said. In a first for Sri Lanka, a vessel from the Japanese Maritime Self-Def...