• Indian Navy’s indigenous stealth frigate INS Shivalik reached at Yokosuka to take part in the eighth edition of a bilateral Japan-India maritime exercise — JIMEX 24.

• JIMEX provides an opportunity to learn from each other’s best practices and facilitates operational interactions between Indian Navy and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) to foster mutual cooperation and reaffirm their shared commitment towards maritime security in the Indo-Pacific.

• The exercise includes both harbour and sea phases.

• The harbour phase will comprise professional, sports and social interactions after which the two navies will jointly hone their war fighting skills at sea and enhance their interoperability through complex multi-discipline operations in the surface, sub-surface and air domains.

• The JMSDF is being represented by guided missile destroyer J.S. Yugiri. Integral helicopters from both navies will also participate in the joint exercise.

Other military exercises with Japan:

• Dharma Guardian - Military exercise

• Shinyuu Maitri - Air exercise

• Veer Guardian - Air exercise.

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