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EX-Indra 2020

  • Posted By
    10Pointer
  • Categories
    Miscellaneous
  • Published
    3rd Sep, 2020
  • Move comes amid on-going standoff with China in Ladakh, tensions in Indian Ocean
  • Amid high operational alert by the Indian Navy in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR) due to the on-going standoff with China in Ladakh,
  • India and Russia are scheduled to hold the bilateral naval exercise, Indra 2020, in the Andaman Sea.
  • The exercise will be carried out close to the strategic Strait of Malacca.
  • Three Russian navy ships will take part in the exercise with an equal number from the Indian Navy, along with some aircraft.
  • This is also the first bilateral naval exercise since all such engagements were suspended due to COVID-19.
  • The timing of the exercise comes just after India withdrew from the Kavkaz-2020 multinational exercise in Russia scheduled for later this month.

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