Source: The post is based on the article “Japan India Maritime Exercise-2023 concludes” published in PIB on 11th July 2023
What is the News?
The 7th edition of Japan India Maritime Exercise 2023 (JIMEX 23) has been concluded in the Bay of Bengal.
What is Japan India Maritime Exercise(JIMEX)?
JIMEX is an annual maritime exercise between India and Japan.
Aim: To consolidate the high degree of interoperability that exists between maritime forces of the two countries, through complex exercises in the surface, sub-surface and air domains.
JIMEX 2023 witnessed complex exercises undertaken jointly by the two navies. Both sides engaged in advanced level exercises in all three domains of maritime warfare: surface, sub surface and air.
JIMEX 23 saw the participation of 1) INS Delhi – India’s first indigenously built Guided Missile Destroyer 2) INS Kamorta – an indigenously designed and built Anti-Submarine Warfare Corvette 3) P8I, maritime patrol aircraft and 4) Dornier, ship-borne helicopters and fighter aircraft.
What are the other exercises between India and Japan?
Exercise DHARMA GUARDIAN: It is an annual joint military exercise between India and Japan from 2018.
SHINYUU Maitri: It is a joint exercise between the Indian Air Force and the Japanese Air Self Defence Force (JASDF).
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