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Indian Ships in Singapore for Joint Naval Exercises

2015-05-25 08:46:20       source:Indian Express

May 24, 2015


"Navy's Eastern Fleet under the command of Flag Officer Commanding Eastern Fleet Rear Admiral Ajendra Bhadur Singh is on an operational deployment to South Indian Ocean and South China Sea. As part of the deployment, INS Satpura, indigenously built guided missile stealth frigate, commanded by Captain Hari Krishnan and INS Kamorta, the latest and indigenous Anti-Submarine Warfare Corvette, commanded by Commander Manoj Kumar Jha, reached Singapore. These ships are participating in bilateral Naval exercise SIMBEX-15 with Singapore Navy from May 23-26.


Operational interaction between Indian Navy (IN) and (Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN) commenced with ASW training exercises in 1994, which has grown steadily over the past 20 years. The operational interaction was formalised as an annual bilateral exercise 'SIMBEX' in 1999."


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