Joint Maritime Exercise


Indian Navy conducts/participates in bilateral/multilateral maritime exercises and coordinated patrols (CORPATS) with friendly foreign countries on a regular basis.

The aim and objective of these exercises include providing operational exposure to our Naval forces, enhance interoperability and undertake  mutual exchange of best practices, special operations tactics and to develop cooperation among the armed forces of participating nations etc.  In this  process the current tactical and technological practices/techniques etc., are exchanged during such exercises.

 

The expenditure incurred varies on the magnitude of our participation and assets deployed during such exercises and are met almost entirely from the budget of the Indian Navy.  Our Navy is represented by various units/troops in such exercises which are decided based on the nature and requirement of specific exercise.

 

The details of Joint Maritime Exercises conducted with foreign countries during the last three years i.e., from the year 2018-19 to 2020-21 are as under:-

 

Sl. No.

Country

Exercise

Year (s)

1.

ADMM Plus Countries

ADMM Plus Exercise

2019-20

2.

Australia

AUSINDEX

2019-20

KAKADU

2018-19

Black Carillon (Multi-lateral)

2019-20

3.

Bangladesh

IN-BN CORPAT (Annual)

2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21

IN-BN BILAT (Annual)

2019-20, 2020-21

IN-BN SF Exercise (Annual)

2019-20

4.

Brazil & South Africa

IBSAMAR

2018-19

5.

France

VARUNA

2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21

6.

Indonesia

IND-INDO CORPAT

(Bi-annual)

(Coordinated Patrol)

2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21

IND-INDO BILAT

2018-19, 2019-20

7.

IONS

IONS Working Group Exercise (Multilateral)

2019-20

8.

Japan

JIMEX

2018-19, 2020-21

EOD J2A (Multilateral)

2019-20

9.

Malaysia

IN-RMN BILAT

2019-20

10.

Maldives

Ex EKATHA

2018-19, 2019-20

11.

Myanmar

IMCOR

2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21

IN-MN BILAT

2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21

12.

Oman

Naseem-al-Bahr

2019-20

13.

Qatar

Za’ir Al Bahr

2019-20

14.

Russia

INDRA NAVY

2018-19, 2020-21

15.

Singapore

SIMBEX

2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21

16.

Singapore & Thailand

India, Singapore, Thailand Trilateral Exercise (SITMEX)

2019-20, 2020-21

17.

Sri Lanka

SLINEX

2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21

IN-SLN SF Exercise

2019-20

18.

Thailand

INDO-THAI CORPAT

2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21

19.

UAE

IN-UAEN BILAT

2018-19

20.

UK

KONKAN

2018-19, 2019-20

21

USA

SPITTING COBRA (IN-USN EOD Exercise)

2019-20

SANGAM(IN-USN SF Exercise)

2019-20

IMX

2019-20

CUTLASS Express (Multilateral)

2019-20

RIMPAC (Multilateral)

2018-19

22.

USA & Japan

MALABAR

2018-19, 2019-20

23.

USA, Japan & Australia

MALABAR

2020-21

24.

Vietnam

IN-VPN BILAT

2018-19, 2019-20

25.

Friendly Foreign Countries

MILAN (Multilateral)

2018-19

26.

Western Pacific Naval Symposium

WPNS Exercise (Multilateral)

2018-19

 

The conduct and planning of such exercises is a continuous process.  The countries with which joint military exercise are proposed to be conducted during the coming year include most of the above countries, and these exercises are under the stage of discussions with respective countries.

 

This information was tabled in a written reply by Raksha Rajya Mantri Shri Shripad Naik to a question asked by Shri PC Gaddigoudar in Lok Sabha today.

 

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