PASSEX Exercise In Arabian Sea

Highlights:

• The Indian Navy and the Russian Navy are participating in the PASSEX exercise in the Arabian Sea.
• Highlights:
• The Indian Navy and the Russian Navy conducted PASSEX exercises in the Arabian Sea port of Cochin.
• The Indian Navy's INS Kochi, a guided-missile destroyer designed and built in India, took part in the test. RFS Admiral Tributs represented the Russian Federation Navy.
• Two other Russian naval ships were also present: the Russian Naval Missile Cruiser Varyag and the Russian Tanker Boris Butoma.
• The exercise would include tactical maneuvers, cross-deck helicopter operations, and seamanship activities to demonstrate the two navies' cohesiveness and interoperability.
• These exercises will include advanced exterior and anti-submarine counterinsurgency exercises, weapon firings, seamanship exercises, and helicopter operations, according to Navy officials.
• These exercises are conducted on a regular basis with units of friendly foreign navies, while visiting each other's ports or during a rendezvous at sea, according to Navy officials.