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

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

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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.
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