Indian Navy's INS Sahyadri Participates in Trilateral Maritime Partnership Exercise

• 23 Sep 2023

The Indian Navy's indigenous warship, INS Sahyadri, currently mission-deployed in the Indo-Pacific, engaged in its inaugural trilateral Maritime Partnership Exercise alongside ships and aircraft from the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) and the Indonesian Navy on September 20-21, 2023.

Key Points

• Enhancing Regional Stability: The trilateral exercise served as an invaluable opportunity for these three maritime nations to reinforce their partnership and bolster their collective capacity in promoting a stable, peaceful, and secure Indo-Pacific region.
• Sharing Expertise: The exercise facilitated the exchange of knowledge and expertise among the participating navies. It provided an arena for leveraging each other's experience, contributing to improved readiness and cooperation.
• Comprehensive Training: The exercise encompassed intricate tactical and maneuvering drills, cross-deck visits, and cross-deck landings of integral helicopters.
• These activities were undertaken to enhance crew training and boost interoperability among the naval forces involved.
• INS Sahyadri: INS Sahyadri, the third vessel in the indigenously designed and constructed Project-17 class multirole stealth frigates, was constructed at Mazagon Dock Ltd, Mumbai.