NewsThe Sri Lanka Navy - Indian Navy Joint exercise SLINEX-2018 will be held at Trincomalee from September 7 to 13. SLINEX 2017 was held at Visakhapatnam in September last year wherein two ships SLNS participated from Sri Lanka Navy. The scope of the exercise has been significantly increased this year with three ships, two maritime patrol aircraft and one helicopter participating from the Indian side. In addition, Sri Lanka Air Force personnel would also join in the exercise for the first time. A highlight of the exercise would be the deployment from China Bay of Dornier aircraft manned by Indian Navy, Sri Lanka Navy and Sri Lanka Air Force personnel to conduct Maritime patrol exercises and to train personnel in conducting effective EEZ surveillance and rescue missions.

Source: Sunday Times September 06, 2018 05:37 UTC