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News: The Indian Navy is hosting the fifth edition of the Indo-Indonesian maritime exercise ‘Samudra Shakti – 2025’ at Visakhapatnam from 14–17 October 2025.
About Exercise Samudra Shakti 2025

- It is a Bilateral Joint Maritime Exercise between Indo-Indonesia.
- It is the fifth edition of the Exercise in 2025.
- Aim: It aims to enhance interoperability, strengthen mutual understanding, and share best practices between the two navies for Indo-Pacific stability and peace.
- Phases: It is conducted in two phases – harbour phase and sea phase – to deepen naval cooperation.
- Hosted by: The exercise was launched and hosted by the Indian Navy under the aegis of the Eastern Naval Command.
- Held at: The exercise is being held at Visakhapatnam under the Eastern Naval Command.
- Participating units:
- INS Kavaratti: An Anti-Submarine Warfare Corvette of the Eastern Fleet under the Eastern Naval Command.
- KRI John Lie: An Indonesian Navy corvette with an integral helicopter, which arrived at Visakhapatnam to a warm welcome by the Eastern Naval Command.




