7th India-Japan Maritime Exercise 'JIMEX-23' begins in Visakhapatnam
The seventh edition of the bilateral Japan-India Maritime Exercise 2023 (JIMEX 23) organized by the Indian Navy is being conducted at Visakhapatnam from 05 -10 July 2023. This edition marks the 11th anniversary of JIMEX since its inception in 2012.
Indian Navy ships under the command of RADM Nishiyama Takahiro, Commander Escort
Flotilla One and Flag Officer Commanding Eastern Fleet, RADM Gurcharan Singh are participating in the exercise.
JIMEX 23 saw the participation of INS Delhi, India's first indigenously built Guided Missile Destroyer, INS Kamorta, an indigenously designed and built Anti-Submarine Warfare Corvette, and INS Shakti, a submarine, Maritime Patrol Aircraft P8I, and Dornier, Will go
On the other hand, the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force will be represented by the guided missile destroyer JS Semidare. This exercise will last for 6 days.
India and Japan
Defense forces of India and Japan also conduct various bilateral exercises such as:
Malabar Exercise (Naval Exercise), 'Veer Guardian and Shinyu Maitri (Air Force), and Dharma Guardian (Army).