India’s Navy P8I participates in Anti-Submarine Warfare Exercise

Current context: The United state hosted the exercise in March 14th for which P8I reached Guam in the US. Indian Navy P8I aircraft and 28 personnel at Anderson air force base, Guam exercised for Exercise Sea Dragon23 on March 14th.

• This is the third edition of the multilateral submarine exercise for long range maritime aircraft.
• The united stated navy hosts this exercise. The exercise began on March 15th and will continue till March 30th.
• Ex Sea Dragon 23 will test the capabilities of participating aircraft in live underwater targets and tracking simulation.
• P8A of the US navy, P1 from the Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force, CP 140 from the Royal Canadian Air Force and P3C from the RoKN will be a part of this exercise.
• In the last week, the Navy’s INS Sahyadri conducted exercise with Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force (JMSDF) ship JS Suzutsuki, an Akizuki Class Destroyer in the Arabian Sea.

Question:

Q.1 Which edition of the Exercise Sea Dragon23 is held on March 14th?
a. 3rd
b. 2nd
c. 11th
d. 5th