ASEAN India Maritime Exercise

ASEAN India Maritime Exercise

Subject : International Relations

Section:  Msc  

Concept :

• The ASEAN-India Maritime Exercise (AIME-2023) is an exercise between Indian Navy and ASEAN navies.
• The inaugural edition of the ASEAN-India Maritime Exercise (AIME-2023) is being held in
• Aim: To work closely with each other and conduct seamless operations in the maritime domain.

Participating Ships:

• INS Delhi is India’s first indigenously-built guided missile destroyer
• INS Satpura is an indigenously-built guided missile stealth frigate.
• Both the ships are part of the navy’s Eastern Fleet based in Visakhapatnam.
• The ships will also participate in International Maritime Defence Exhibition (IMDEX-23) and International Maritime Security Conference (IMSC) being hosted by Singapore.

Significance :

• With AIME-2023 India becomes the 4th ASEAN dialogue partner, after Russia, China and the US to hold the ASEAN+1 maritime exercise in which navies of the Philippines, Cambodia, Myanmar, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, Laos, and Brunei.