INDRA (naval exercise)

INDRA NAVY is a joint, biennial military exercise conducted by India and Russia starting in 2003. The exercise is tasked with boosting cooperation and interoperability between the Russian and Indian navies. The word INDRA is a portmanteau of the participants' respective countries.[1] The exercise involves live firing drills, as well as air defence and anti submarine operations. Additionally, counterpiracy, terrorism and drug smuggling operations are carried out.[2]

Naval flotilla during INDRA 2007

Background

The end of the Cold War which brought greatly reduced defense budgets saw a collapse in ship building and naval activity in Russia throughout the 1990s. During this time, the Russian navy had no presence in the Indian Ocean. This changed in 2001, when a contingent of naval ships, including anti-submarine warfare vessels and a tanker docked at Mumbai.[3] In April 2003, nine warships of the Russian navy departed from their bases at Sevastopol in the Black Sea and Vladivostok for the Indian Ocean. These units engaged in a number of exercises with the Indian navy. Russian Defence Minister Sergei Ivanov proposed joint naval exercises to be held later that year.

The 11th edition took place in the Bay of Bengal in September 2020.[4][5]

See also

References

  1. Indian Navy - Welcome you
  2. "Vladivostok Times". www.vladivostoktimes.com. Archived from the original on 2 February 2011. Retrieved 28 April 2019.
  3. "IPCS - Institute Of Peace & Conflict Studies". www.ipcs.org.
  4. "INDRA NAVY – 20". Indian Navy. Retrieved 28 November 2020.
  5. "Indra 2020: Indian Navy Holds Naval Drill with Russia in Bay of Bengal for Second Day". News18. 5 September 2020. Retrieved 28 November 2020.
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