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SLINEX (Sri Lanka India Naval Exercise) are a series ofnaval exercises between theIndian Navy and theSri Lanka Navy. The first SLINEX exercise took place in 2005. The 11th edition took place in 2024.[1]
SLINEX-13 was conducted off the coast ofGoa from 4 to 7 November 13.
INS Talwar andSLNS Sagara participated in the exercise. The exercise was conducted over two phases with the harbour phase from 4 to 5 November 13 and the sea phase with debrief from 6 to 7 November 13.
The major activities conducted as part of the exercise werereplenishment at sea approaches,visit, board, search, and seizure exercise, surface firing on afloating target, flying operations andasymmetric threat operations.
The fourth SLINEX took place between 27 October and 15 November 2015, offTrincomalee, Sri Lanka. The vessels taking part includedSLNS Sayura,SLNS Samudura,SLNS Sagara,INS Kora,INS Kirpan andINS Savitri.[2][3]
SLINEX 2018 took place between 7 and 13 September 2018, offTrincomalee, Sri Lanka. The vessels taking part includedSLNS Sayurala,SLNS Samudura, SLNS Suranimala,INS Sumitra, INS Kirch and INS Cora together with 2 Dornier air crafts and a helicopter of the Indian Navy.[4]
The navies of India and Sri Lanka with anti-submarine warfare corvettesINS Kamorta andINS Kiltan as well as offshore patrol vessel Sayura and training ship Gajabahu respectively begin a three-day exercise Slinex 2020 to highlight growing congruence.[5] The eighth edition was scheduled offTrincomalee, Sri Lanka from 19 to 21 October.[1]
The exercise was conducted between 17 and 20 December 2024 which included the Harbour Phase (17 to 18 December) and Sea Phase (19 to 20 December). The exercise will be conducted fromVisakhapatnam. Both the countries will deploy an Offshore Patrol Vessel each embarked with a Special Forces team.INS Sumitra andSLNS Sayura will take part in the exercise. The Sea Phase will include joint exercises with Special Forces operations, gun firing, communication drills, and helicopter operations among others.[6]
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