{"id":349135,"date":"2025-11-03T16:16:55","date_gmt":"2025-11-03T10:46:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=349135"},"modified":"2025-11-03T16:16:55","modified_gmt":"2025-11-03T10:46:55","slug":"exercise-milan-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/exercise-milan-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Exercise MILAN 2026\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>News:\u00a0<\/strong> India will host Exercise MILAN 2026 scheduled to be conducted from 19 to 25 February 2026.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\">About Exercise MILAN 2026<\/h2>\n<figure style=\"width: 398px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/static.pib.gov.in\/WriteReadData\/userfiles\/image\/Pic%281%29Q7KX.jpeg?resize=398%2C265&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"398\" height=\"265\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: PIB<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">It is a <strong>biennial multinational naval exercise<\/strong> conducted by the <strong>Indian Navy<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Location of 2026 edition:<\/strong> Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh<\/li>\n<li><strong>History:<\/strong> It was\u00a0launched in <strong>1995<\/strong> at <strong>Port Blair<\/strong> with participation from <strong>four navies<\/strong>.\n<ul>\n<li>Later, it\u00a0evolved into a <strong>multilateral maritime exercise<\/strong> involving <strong>partner navies worldwide<\/strong> (notably in <strong>2024<\/strong>).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Aim:<\/strong> To enhance professional interaction and military cooperation between the navies of friendly foreign countries.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Theme of the exercise 2026:<\/strong> Camaraderie, Cooperation and Collaboration<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>The exercise is <\/strong>part of\u00a0India\u2019s <strong>Historic Maritime Convergence<\/strong> alongside: <strong>International Fleet Review (IFR) 2026<\/strong>, and <strong>Indian Ocean Naval Symposium (IONS) Conclave of Chiefs<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Purpose:<\/strong> To operationalize <strong>MAHASAGAR Vision &#8211; <\/strong><em>Mutual and Holistic Advancement for Security and Growth Across Regions<\/em>.\n<ul>\n<li><strong>MAHASAGAR<\/strong> extends India\u2019s earlier <strong>SAGAR initiative (<em>Security and Growth for All in the Region<\/em>) beyond the Indian Ocean<\/strong>, promoting Sustainaibility, Resilience and Collective responsibility across maritime regions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Participating Nations:<\/strong> Invitations extended globally to navies from around the world.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Operational Components<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Sea Phase: <\/strong>It focus on <strong>interoperability<\/strong> between international navies.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Harbour Phase: <\/strong>It includes professional interactions, planning conferences, and cross-deck visits to strengthen <strong>naval partnerships<\/strong> and <strong>training exchanges<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News:\u00a0 India will host Exercise MILAN 2026 scheduled to be conducted from 19 to 25 February 2026. About Exercise MILAN 2026 It is a biennial multinational naval exercise conducted by the Indian Navy. Location of 2026 edition: Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh History: It was\u00a0launched in 1995 at Port Blair with participation from four navies. Later, it\u00a0evolved&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/exercise-milan-2026\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Exercise MILAN 2026\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10366,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,11204,164,12039],"tags":[11872,3590],"class_list":["post-349135","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-defence-exercises","category-international-relations-daily-factly-articles","category-knolls","tag-9pm-daily-factly","tag-pib","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/349135","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10366"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=349135"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/349135\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=349135"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=349135"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=349135"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}