India and Singapore begin naval wargames
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India and Singapore have launched the Simbex naval war games in the eastern seaboard which will be undertaken in two theatres, first in the Andaman Sea and then in the Bay of Bengal. Apart from helicopters and aircraft, India has deployed destroyer INS Ranvir, fast-attack craft INS Batti Malv, amphibious warship INS Mahish, tanker INS Jyoti and a kilo-class submarine for the combat exercise. Singapore, in turn, has fielded frigate RSS Intrepid and missile corvette RSS Victory. ”The Simbex exercises, 16 editions of which have already been held, have graduated from being purely anti-submarine warfare exercises to complex ones involving multiple facets of operations at sea,” said an official. This year’s edition of the Simbex wargames, which will conclude on April 16, comes soon after the ‘Bold Kurukshetra’ wargames held between the mechanised forces of the two countries at the Babina field firing ranges in MP. With land and airspace being a scarce commodity in the city-state, Singapore is increasingly utilizing Indian military facilities to train its own small but high-tech armed forces under special agreements. India, for instance, provides facilities to for exercises of mechanized forces at Babina and artillery at Deolali ranges as well as for fighters at the Kalaikunda airbase in West Bengal.
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