{"id":17645,"date":"2025-11-02T14:20:12","date_gmt":"2025-11-02T08:50:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=17645"},"modified":"2025-11-06T10:57:00","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T05:27:00","slug":"exercise-milan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/exercise-milan\/","title":{"rendered":"Exercise Milan"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Exercise MILAN Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">India will host three major international maritime events in Feb 2026 at Visakhapatnam, namely, the International Fleet Review (IFR) 2026, Exercise MILAN 2026, and Indian Ocean Naval Symposium (IONS) Conclave of Chiefs.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Exercise MILAN<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>biennial multilateral naval exercise<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which began in <\/span><b>1995<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It has since significantly expanded in scope and scale to become the largest exercise held by India.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was started with the participation of only four countries, viz <\/span><b>Indonesia, Singapore, Sri Lanka and Thailand, in the 1995<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> edition, the exercise has since transitioned leaps and bounds in terms of number of participants and complexity of exercises.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Originally conceived in consonance with <\/span><b>India\u2019s \u2018Look East Policy,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and later expanded in ensuing years with the Government of India\u2019s <\/span><b>\u2018Act East Policy\u2019<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b>Security And Growth for All in the Region (SAGAR) initiative.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>Key Features of MILAN 2026<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Dual-Phase: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Exercise MILAN\u2019s <\/span><b>Sea and Harbour Phases<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> will focus on interoperability, maritime domain awareness, anti-submarine warfare, air defence, and search-and-rescue operations.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>International City Parade:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It will feature contingents from participating navies, Indian Army, and Indian Air Force marching through Visakhapatnam\u2019s iconic beachfront, the RK Beach, showcasing maritime diplomacy directly to citizens.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pib.gov.in\/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2184765\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">PIB<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Exercise MILAN, a biennial multilateral naval drill started in 1995 with four nations, has grown into India\u2019s largest naval exercise in scale and 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