Singapore, Sept. 27 -- Singapore and Australia began their joint maritime exercise yesterday in the southern reaches of the South China Sea, with no physical interactions between personnel from both navies.
The joint drill by the Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN) and the Royal Australian Navy (RAN), marking the 25th anniversary of Exercise Singaroo, will continue till tomorrow, Singapore's Defence Ministry announced in a statement yesterday.
"The exercise will be conducted... with no physical interactions between the personnel from both navies due to the current Covid-19 situation," it said.
The ministry said the RSN's participation involves the Formidable-class frigate RSS Tenacious, Independence-class littoral mission vessel RSS Daun...