India-Sri Lanka maritime exercise ‘SLINEX 2023’ begins in Colombo

Category : Defense Published on: April 05 2023

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The 10th Edition of the annual Indian Navy and Sri Lanka Navy bilateral maritime Exercise SLINEX-2023 has started in Colombo.
SLINEX-2023 aims to enhance interoperability, improve mutual understanding and exchange best practices/ procedures in multi-faceted Maritime operations between both Navies.
The exercise is being conducted in two phases - the Harbour Phase in Colombo from April 3-5 followed by Sea Phase from 6-8 April, off Colombo.
The Indian Navy will be represented by INS Kiltan (Advanced Anti-Submarine Warfare Corvette) and INS Savitri (Offshore Patrol Vessel) while Sri Lanka Navy will have SLNS Gajabahu (Advance Offshore Patrol Vessel) and SLNS Sagara (OPV).
Furthermore, the Indian Navy Chetak helicopter and Dornier Maritime Patrol Aircraft as well as Sri Lanka Air Force Dornier and BEL 412 helicopters will participate in the exercise.
The special forces of the two navies will also feature in the exercise.
The previous edition of SLINEX was conducted in Visakhapatnam from 7-12 March 2022.