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