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India-Sri Lanka joint maritime naval exercise- SLINEX 2017

September 7 , 2017 2668 days 1266 0
  • The seventh edition of India-Sri Lanka joint maritime naval exercise SLINEX 2017 was held near Vishakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh) in Bay of Bengal.
  • SLINEX is aimed to develop greater interoperability and close cooperation between the two navies.
  • SLINEX series of bilateral maritime exercises were initiated in 2005 and since then three successful engagements have been conducted.
  • This exercise was paused till 2011 due to security situation in Sri-Lanka. The third exercise in the series, SLINEX-13 was conducted off Goa in November 2013.

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