The Navy conducted its biggest multilateral naval exercise ‘MILAN’ in late February. The sea phase of Exercise Milan-2022 ended on March 4. 26 ships, 21 aircraft and one submarine participated in the naval exercise conducted in the Bay of Bengal. Indian Navy gave this information.
India had invited a total of 46 friendly countries to participate in the multinational naval exercise MILAN-2022 in Visakhapatnam from February 25. Countries that were invited for the exercise included Russia, USA, UK, Australia, Israel, Iran, France, Japan, South Korea, Vietnam, Bangladesh, Brazil, United Arab Emirates, among others.
practice could not be done in 2020 due to corona epidemicThe exercise was to be held in 2020 and 41 countries were invited for it, 30 of them were confirmed but the exercise was canceled due to the outbreak of the corona pandemic across the world. In 2018, navies of 17 countries participated in this exercise. MILAN 2022 is the eleventh edition of the event and was organized under the aegis of Eastern Naval Command.
What is matching practice? It is the most complex naval exercise that India conducts with any other country. MILAN is a multilateral warfare naval exercise that was started in 1995. Apart from the Indian Navy, the navies of Indonesia, Singapore, Sri Lanka and Thailand participated in the inaugural edition. MILAN means ‘Multilateral Naval Exercise’. Its exercise was conducted from 25 February to 4 March in Visakhapatnam. The theme of this edition of Abhyas Milan was Harmony, Harmony and Cooperation.