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US and Israeli Navies Begin Week-Long Joint Drill

The exercise has historically covered maritime security, explosive ordnance disposal, and unmanned systems integration.
US and Israeli Navies Begin Week-Long Joint Drill
Guided-missile destroyer USS Ralph Johnson (DDG 114) transits the Arabian Gulf on Aug. 27, 2020. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Matthew F. Jackson
Evgenia Filimianova
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A week-long naval exercise by the Israeli Navy and the United States 5th Fleet began on Dec. 7, the Israeli military said.
The exercise, known as Intrinsic Defender, “aims to strengthen strategic and operational cooperation between the two naval forces, and practice responses to various regional threats,” the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said in a Dec. 8 post on X.
Evgenia Filimianova
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