SIMBEX-20

CONTEXT

Indian Navy to host Exercise SIMBEX-20 in the Andaman Sea.

IMPORTANT POINTS:

  • The 27th edition of SIMBEX, India – Singapore Bilateral Maritime Exercise is scheduled to be held in November 2020 (23rd – 25th) in the Andaman Sea.
  • The annual bilateral exercise, started in 1994, is aimed at enhancing mutual inter- operability and imbibing best practices from each other.
  • The 2020 edition of SIMBEX will witness participation by Indian Navy ships including destroyer Rana with integral Chetak helicopter and indigenously built corvettes Kamorta and Karmuk.
  • In addition, IN submarine Sindhuraj and P8I maritime reconnaissance aircraft will also participate in the exercise.

SOURCE: PIB

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