The South-east Asia Cooperation Against Terrorism (Seacat) exercise, which started on Aug 15, ends on Thursday with navies from Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei, Thailand and the Philippines taking part. -- PHOTO: MINDEF
NAVIES from the region, together with the United States Navy, have been flexing their sea muscles in an annual exercise code-named Seacat.
The South-east Asia Cooperation Against Terrorism (Seacat) exercise, which started on Aug 15, ends on Thursday with navies from Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei, Thailand and the Philippines taking part.
The Singapore leg of the exercise, from Aug 18 to 20, involves the Navy, Police Coast Guard, Maritime and Port Authority, and the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority.
Officers from the Singapore Navy and their foreign counterparts were on board a US Naval platform analysing data to increase thei situational awareness.
Other drills involve boarding a US civil resource ship participating in the exercise as merchant vessels suspected of terrorist activities.
