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The Indian Navy is participating in the two-day trilateral maritime exercise SITMEX-20 in the Andaman sea along with the navies of Singapore and Thailand , senior military officials said on Sunday. 2nd edition of trilateral maritime exercise SITMEX-2020 commences in Andaman Sea Indian naval ships (INS) , including indigenously-built anti-submarine warfare corvette Kamorta and missile corvette Karmuk , are participating in the 2nd edition of the trilateral exercise to be held on Sunday and Monday, they said. The two-day maritime drills will witness the three navies participate in a variety of exercises, including naval manoeuvres, surface warfare exercises and weapon firings, the officials said. The SITMEX series of exercises are conducted to enhance mutual interoperability and to imbibe best practices between the Indian Navy , Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN) and Royal Thai Navy (RTN) , they said. The RSN is being represented by the Formidable-class frigate Intrepid and Enduranc...

Indian Navy and Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) ships conducted operations in close formation at JIMEX-2020, the 4th edition of India-Japan Maritime bilateral exercise. It is being held in the North Arabian Sea from September 26 to 28. JIMEX-2020 being held in the North Arabian Sea from September 26 to 28, 2020 The 4th edition of India-Japan maritime bilateral exercise JIMEX, which is conducted biennially between the Indian Navy and Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) will be held in the North Arabian Sea from 26 to 28 September 2020.  JIMEX series of exercises commenced in January 2012 with a special focus on maritime security cooperation. The last edition of JIMEX was conducted in October 2018 off Visakhapatnam, India. Naval cooperation between India and Japan has increased in scope and complexity over the years. Advanced level of operations and exercises planned during JIMEX-20 are indicative of the continued upswing in Indo-Japanese defence relations and c...