⇒ The ninth edition of India – Sri Lanka Bilateral Maritime Exercise SLINEX (Sri Lanka–India Naval Exercise) was held in Visakhapatnam from 07 March to 10 March 2022.
The Bilateral Naval exercise was conducted in two phases:
- The Harbour Phase at Visakhapatnam on 07-08 March 2022 followed by the Sea Phase on 09-10 March 2022 in the Bay of Bengal.
Naval Ships:
» The Sri Lanka Navy was represented by the Sri Lankan Naval Ship Sayurala, an Indian built Advanced Off-shore Patrol Vessel.
» The Indian Navy was represented by the Indian Naval Ship (INS) Kirch, a guided missile corvette.
- Other participants from the Indian Navy included INS Jyoti, a Fleet support tanker, Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH MK III), Seaking and Chetak Helicopters and Dornier Maritime Patrol Aircraft.
Harbour Phase:
The harbour phase included professional interactions between two navies on various topics, sports fixtures and formal calls as well as informal interactions.
Sea Phase:
The exercises during the Sea Phase included surface and anti-air weapon firing exercises, seamanship evolutions, aviation operations including cross deck flying, advanced tactical manoeuvres and special forces operations at sea.
Aim:
SLINEX aims to enhance inter-operability, improve mutual understanding and exchange best practices and procedures for multi-faceted maritime operations between both navies.
- The previous edition of SLINEX was conducted off Trincomalee in October 2020.