Operation Crayfish, a large exercise, has now entered phase 2 of the training mission following battle simulations near New Jakarta. Frigate F131 Caspian Sea was forced to return to Proxima 7 early because of a main coolant failure but the rest of the fleet (see fleet listing here) performed the various exercises well. TPM-2 development missions were tested by X111 Isometric and Ferret-E UCVs were tested from R102 Lancer. Isometric has returned to Solaris as the TPM-2 testing has been completed.
Phase 2 of the operation is more battle simulations with the Aritan fleet. Two Solaris and 3 Intrepid from the New Arit fleet have joined the DDS. For the next few weeks a serious of exercises, training routines and crew familiarization and liaison will be carried out by the combined fleet around New Arit.
