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News: The 33rd edition of the Singapore-India Maritime Bilateral Exercise (SIMBEX-2026) is being held at Visakhapatnam.
About SIMBEX-2026
- It is a Singapore-India Maritime Bilateral Exercise.
- Location: It is being held from 21 to 26 Oct 2026 at Visakhapatnam.
- Hosted by: It is being hosted by India.
- Edition: This is the 33rd edition of the exercise
- The first edition of the exercise was conducted in 1994.
- Frequency: It is conducted annually.
- Aim: It aims to strengthen professional ties, mutual understanding and operational interoperability between the two Navies.
- Participants: It is bilateral maritime engagement between the Indian Navy and the Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN).
- It involves participation of the Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN) ship RSS Supreme and Indian Navy ships INS Nilgiri and INS Kamorta.
- Phases of the exercise: It will be conducted in two phases.
- Harbour Phase which will include professional interactions, Subject Matter Expert Exchanges (SMEEs), cross-deck visits, sporting engagements, and planning conferences.
- Sea Phase in the Bay of Bengal will feature maritime operations and tactical exercises, including Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW), anti-surface and anti-air warfare drills, seamanship evolutions, and tactical manoeuvres.
- Other exercise with Singapore:
