Inspired Siren
The "Inspired" series of combined US-Pakistani military exercises is scheduled by the US Central Command. INSPIRED SIREN is a surface exercise conducted between US and Pakistani navies and normally conducted two to three times a year. INSPIRED SIREN normally includes two Pakistani destroyers and one to two US ships.
The U.S. Navy's Constellation Battle Group engaged in bilateral air and surface military exercise with elements from the Pakistani Air Force and Navy off the coast of Pakistan in the waters of the Arabian Sea Aug. 8-12, 1997. The purpose of this training mission was to exercise joint-combined naval and air capabilities of both forces, improve their respective levels of readiness and interoperability and enhance military relations between the two nations. This exercise incorporated both surface ship and air components, dubbed Inspired Siren 97-2 and Inspired Alert 97-2, respectively. While the aircraft carrier USS Constellation (CV 64) and her embarked air wing, Carrier Air Wing TWO, were engaged in air training during Inspired Alert, the remainder of the battle group conducted Inspired Siren, which included training in tactical maneuvering, electronic surveillance, gunnery events, air defense exercises, deck landing qualifications and formation steaming between surface vessels from Pakistan and the US.
The USCENTCOM exercise program with Pakistan was suspended following Pakistan's May 1997 nuclear tests, and had not been explcitly resumed as of early 2002.
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