Indian Navy Ships (INS) Kolkata and Shakti participated in the SIMBEX-2019 from 16 May to 22 May 19 at Singapore.
The Singapore India Maritime Bilateral Exercise (SIMBEX) is an annual bilateral naval exercise conducted by the Indian Navy and the Republic of Singapore Navy.
It was started in 1993.
In addition to INS Kolkata and INS Shakthi, the long-range maritime patrol aircraft Poseidon-8I (P8I) also participated in the maritime exercise.