Exercise with Foreign Navies

In keeping with the vision of building bridges of friendship and enhancing  interoperability, ships of the Indian Navy regularly exercise with ships of friendly Navies. The scope and content of these exercises is continually assessed to keep up with the changing requirements. In addition, Indian Naval Ships visiting foreign countries carry out Passage Exercise (PASSEX) with Naval Ships of the host countries. Cooperative mechanism for the speedy, effective and humane application of maritime power for regional Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief operations form an important aspect of this ' Constructive Engagement'. 

The Indian Navy also engages countries of the Indian Ocean Region to build capacity and augment capability through exercises, training, cross exchanges, and discussions, so as to ensure an environment free of the ills that plague the maritime environment i.e - terrorism, gun-running, drug and human trafficking etc. No nation has the wherewithal to tackle all the problems that afflict the maritime domain on its own. Thus, stability in the maritime domain can only be achieved though cooperative effort and the constructive engagement of as many maritime nations as possible. It is towards this end that the Indian Navy engages with the Navies and Maritime Security agencies of the Indian Ocean Region - within the maritime context, for the protection of not just the merchant shipping of India and her neighbours, but for the safety of global shipping as well.

The IN conducts regular maritime exercises with countries like USA, Brazil, South Africa, France, Indonesia, Thailand, Russia, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Oman and UK. Visits by Indian naval ships to several countries in the IOR as well as to the Far East, Mediterranean, East Africa, Gulf etc are also conducted regularly for operational and exercise requirements.