Skip to main content

Posts

Showing posts with the label SAGAR

Indian Navy to conduct coordinated patrol with Indonesian Navy on December 17-18

The 35th edition of India-Indonesia Coordinated Patrol (IND-INDO CORPAT) between the Indian Navy and the Indonesian Navy will be conducted between December 17 and 18. The 35th edition of India-Indonesia Coordinated Patrol (IND-INDO CORPAT) between the Indian Navy and the Indonesian Navy will be conducted between December 17 and 18. I ndian Naval Ship (INS) Kulish, an indigenously built missile corvette along with P8I Maritime Patrol Aircraft (MPA) will undertake coordinated patrol with Indonesian Naval Ship KRI Cut Nyak Dien, a Kapitan Pattimura (Parchim I) class corvette and an MPA of the Indonesian Navy. As part of Government of India's vision of 'Sagar' (Security And Growth for All in the Region) , the Indian Navy has been proactively engaging with countries in the Indian Ocean Region for coordinated patrols, cooperation in EEZ surveillance, passage exercises and bilateral/multilateral exercises , towards enhancing regional maritime security. India and Indonesia have...

INS Airavat arrives in Sudan with food aid during pandemic as part of Mission Sagar-II

As part of 'Mission Sagar-II', Indian Naval Ship Airavat carrying a consignment of 100 Tonnes of food aid arrived in Sudan today. Under the mission, the Indian government is providing assistance to friendly foreign countries to overcome natural calamities and the coronavirus pandemic. Indian Naval Ship Airavat entered Port Sudan today. (Photo: India Today) What is Mission Sagar? Mission Sagar-II follows the first ‘Mission Sagar’ undertaken in May-June 2020, wherein India reached out to Maldives, Mauritius, Seychelles, Madagascar and Comoros, and provided food aid and medicines. As part of Mission Sagar-II, Indian Naval Ship Airavat will deliver food aid to Sudan, South Sudan, Djibouti and Eritrea. Mission Sagar-II, follows ‘Mission Sagar’ undertaken in May-June 2020, wherein India reached out to Maldives, Mauritius, Seychelles, Madagascar and Comoros, with food aid & medicines. INS Airavat will deliver food aid to Sudan, South Sudan, Djibouti and Eritrea. @PIBAhmedab...

Indian & Sri-Lankan Navy to hold 3-day military Exercise "SLINEX 2020" to show growing strategic interests

Indian Navy has participated in a number of joint maritime exercises in last few weeks, including a 3-day drill "JIMEX 2020" with Japanese Navy in September & one with US Navy in July called "PASSEX 2020" . Ex - SLINEX 2020 between the navies of India and Sri Lanka begins today. The navies of India and Sri Lanka will conduct a three-day military exercise off Trincomalee beginning Monday, in a show of growing congruence in their strategic interests and operational convergence in the region, officials said. The eighth edition of the annual SLINEX exercise will feature a series of complex drills including surface and anti-air weapon firings and cross deck flying operations with an aim to further fine-tune the “high degree” of inter-operability between the two navies , they said. The Indian Navy will deploy anti-submarine warfare corvettes 'INS Kamorta' and ' INS Kiltan' as well as a sizeable number of advanced light helicopters, Chetak hel...