New Delhi: Maintaining high operational tempo during its ongoing spread to Southeast Asia, South China Sea and Western Pacific, the task of Indian Navy has now been a big exercise with Singapore for the past three days.
Rudal Crusher Guided Ins Ranvijay, with a helicopter that is transmitted by ship, anti-submarine war corvette ins Killtan and Corvette-missiles guided kora, along with the P-8i long-term maritime patrol aircraft, participating in the ‘Simbex’ practice.
In the south outskirts of the South China Sea from September 2 to 4.
Singapore, in turn, deployed two warships, Frigate RSS Syeadfast and Rudal Corvette RSS Vigor, Archer class submarine and Fokker-50 maritime patrol aircraft.
The Singapore Air Force also promised four F-16 fighters for air defense exercises during the naval exercise.
“He initiated in 1994, SIMBEX is the most longest bilateral maritime exercise in India with the Foreign Navy.
The 28th edition includes the advanced blackouts of Live Weapons and Advanced Navy Operations, including anti-submarine, anti-air and anti-surface warfare exercises.
The scale and complexity of this exercise is sufficient testimony for the interoperability achieved between two navies, “said Navy Commander Vivek Madhwal spokesman on Saturday.
The assignment of the Indian Navy to the end of August has participated in Malabar’s training with the US, Japan and Australia from Guam to further strengthen the growing strategic congruence in ensuring “free, open, safe, and stable” Indo-Pacific to China’s expansionist to China’s behavior in the region This, as previously reported by TOI.
Bilateral exercises, in turn, carried out with Vietnam and the Philippines in harmony with the policy of “Act East” India, which includes expanding military relations with ASEAN countries with strict eyes in China.
India and Singapore, incidentally, recently signed a submarine rescue support pact between their navy.
Under the bilateral agreement that read more than a decade ago, Singapore uses Indian military facilities for training in mechanical forces in Babe, artillery in the F-16 fighter and fighter jet in Kalaikunda Airbase regularly.
India has also signed a naval pact with Singapore to access bases with each other and reciprocal logistics support for warships.