The Clone Navy has held its largest exercise yet on Cloneworld with both operational aircraft carriers and the helicopter carrier allowing for an impressive amount of carrier borne airpower to be deployed. Sixteen K45K fighters were used in one simulated attack with mock combats held against Clone Air Force K40s along the Northern coast of Micom province.
In total 18 surface ships and 6 submarines were used in the exercise with 3 Mariner support ships used in the "auxiliary helicopter carrier" role. This allowed 40 Z26S helicopters to be deployed (plus other helicopters on the escorts) and these carried out a series of ASW and patrol exercises.
As new shipbuilding is currently on a bit of a hiatus for budget reasons (apart from submarines to be used in the strategic deterrent) this is likely to be as good as the Clone Navy gets for awhile though Admiral Anderson who oversaw some of the exercises is said to have been delighted at how fast the youngest service in the Clone Defence Forces has come.
