India conducts first-ever naval combat exercise with Saudi Arabia

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India and Saudi Arabia conducted their first-ever naval exercise named “Al-Mohed Al-Hindi 2021” exercise.

Exercise Al-Mohed Al-Hindi 2021:
  1. Exercise Al-Mohed Al-Hindi is a bilateral naval exercise between India and Saudi Arabia. 
  2. Purpose: The exercise will showcase the reflection of growing defence and military cooperation between India and Saudi Arabia.
  3. Features: The exercise comprises a number of shore and sea-based drills between the two navies. From the Indian side, INS Kochi participated in the exercise.
 INS Kochi:
  1. INS Kochi is an indigenously designed and built Kolkata class stealth guided missile destroyer of the Indian Western Naval Fleet.
  2. Constructed by: The ship was constructed by the Mazagon Dock Limited, Mumbai.
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