The Navy’s Milan 2022 will start in Vishakhapatnam Friday, the largest-ever version of the train that may see the participation of 40 international locations, together with all main navies of the world.
The biennial train, being performed after 4 years, will final 9 days with the harbor section beginning Friday and the ocean section on March 1. The 2020 version of the train had been canceled as a result of Covid-19 pandemic.
In an announcement on Wednesday, the Navy stated this 12 months’s theme is ‘Camaraderie – Cohesion – Collaboration’ which “aims to project India as a responsible maritime power to the world at large”.
It stated the train, which is able to witness greater than 40 international locations sending their warships/high-level delegations, goals to “hone operational skills, imbibe best practices and procedures, and enable doctrinal learning in the maritime domain, through professional interaction between friendly navies” .
The train could be bigger in “scope and complexity” with a deal with “exercises at sea including exercises in surface, sub-surface and air domains and weapon firing”, the assertion added.
A multilateral train, Milan started in 1995 with the participation of solely 4 international locations – Indonesia, Singapore, Sri Lanka and Thailand. Until now, it was held on the Andaman and Nicobar Command, however given the big variety of contributors this time, it was shifted to the Eastern Naval Command, which gives bigger sea room.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
