{"id":69395,"date":"2026-10-29T11:46:12","date_gmt":"2026-10-29T06:16:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=69395"},"modified":"2026-10-29T15:09:49","modified_gmt":"2026-10-29T09:39:49","slug":"in-rokn-exercise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/in-rokn-exercise\/","title":{"rendered":"IN-RoKN Exercise: India and South Korea Hold First Bilateral Naval Drill with INS Sahyadri"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Exercise IN-RoKN Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Indian Naval Ship Sahyadri is participating in the India-Republic of Korea Navy (IN-RoKN) Bilateral Exercise which is taking place at Busan Naval Harbour, Republic of Korea.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Exercise IN-RoKN<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>bilateral naval exercise <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">conducted between <\/span><b>Indian Navy (IN) and South Korea Navy<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (RoKN).<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Phases<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Harbour phase<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: During this phase personnel of both navies will participate in professional interactions, cross-deck visits, cross-training activities and sporting events.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These activities will facilitate the exchange of operational experiences and Best Practices, while fostering <\/span><b>mutual understanding and professional camaraderie.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Sea Phase:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It involves <\/span><b>INS Sahyadri and ROKS Munmu the Great<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, providing opportunities to strengthen operational coordination, enhance interoperability and consolidate professional ties between the two navies.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It underscores the shared commitment of India and the Republic of Korea to strengthening maritime cooperation and <\/span><b>contributing to peace, stability and security in the Indo-Pacific.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>Key Facts about INS Sahyadri<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is the third ship of the Shivalik Class Guided Missile Stealth Frigates which was built by Mazagon Dock Ltd in Mumbai.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is <\/span><b>indigenously designed,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> constructed and commissioned in 2012.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is equipped with cutting-edge weapons and sensors, enabling her to identify and eliminate <\/span><b>threats from the air, the surface, and the subsurface.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Capacity:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It has a displacement <\/span><b>capacity of 6,800 tons<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and has a massive surface speed of 32 knots.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Armaments:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The ship is capable of carrying <\/span><b>Barak-1 and Shtil-1 3S90M missiles, <a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/upsc-exam\/brahmos-missile\/\" target=\"_blank\">BrahMos anti-ship<\/a><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/upsc-exam\/brahmos-missile\/\" target=\"_blank\"> missiles<\/a>,<\/strong> anti-submarine rocket launchers.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is equipped with a versatile array of weapons and sensors, can carry multi-role helicopters and represent the \u2018coming of age\u2019 of India\u2019s warship building capabilities.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pib.gov.in\/PressReleaseDetail.aspx?PRID=2329562&amp;reg=3&amp;lang=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">PIeB<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>India and South Korea conducted their inaugural bilateral IN-RoKN naval exercise in October 2025, with the Indian Navy&#8217;s indigenous stealth frigate INS Sahyadri participating alongside ROKS Gyeongnam. Held in harbour and sea phases, the exercise aimed to strengthen maritime cooperation, operational coordination and interoperability between the two navies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":131096,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[11200,21,22,23],"class_list":["post-69395","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","tag-exercise-in-rokn","tag-prelims-pointers","tag-upsc-current-affairs","tag-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","no-featured-image-padding"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69395","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69395"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69395\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":131110,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69395\/revisions\/131110"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/131096"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69395"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69395"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69395"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}