Exercise Cutlass Express-21 UPSC
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Internal Security
What is discussed under Exercise Cutlass Express-21 UPSC ?
- About the exercise
- Need for Excercise
- Indian Navy Joint Exercises
Why in News ?
Indian Naval Ship Talwar is participating in the multi-national maritime exercise Cutlass Express 2021 (CE 21), being conducted from 26 Jul to 06 Aug 21 in Kenya.
Key Facts
- In the harbour phase which was conducted from 26 -28 July at Mombasa.
- A team of Indian Navy Marine Commandos (MARCOS) conducted training of personnel from navies of Kenya, Djibouti, Mozambique, Cameroon and Coast Guard of Georgia.
- The MARCOS shared the best practices in executing Visit, Board, Search, and Seizure (VBSS) operations with the participating foreign Navy sailors during the exercise, which was held at the Bandari Maritime Academy in Mombasa.
- Exercise Cutlass Express is designed to improve regional cooperation, maritime domain awareness and information sharing practices to increase capabilities between the U.S., East African and Western Indian Ocean nations to counter illicit maritime activity in the Western Indian Ocean.
- The Indian Navy played a significant role in ‘CUTLASS EXPRESS – 19’, being involved in planning, coordination and execution.
- It involved training of personnel on shore for coordination and conduct of VBSS operations.
- Need for such Exercise
- Armed forces are represented by various units / battalions in such exercises which is decided based on the nature and requirement of specific exercise.
- The expenditure incurred also varies on the magnitude of our participation and assets deployed during such exercises.
- The joint military exercises with friendly countries results in constructive engagements in operational terms and enhances the skills of our armed forces in a number of diverse areas of war-fighting by operating with armed forces of various nations.
- In this process the current tactical and technological practices / techniques etc., are exchanged during such exercises.
- This is a continuous process relevant steps are taken from time to time to engage friendly countries and to enhance the scope of exercises based on the principle of mutual benefit and our own strategic requirements.
Indian Navy Joint Exercises
- Varuna – France and India.
- LINEX- Sri Lanka and India
- INDRA – bi-annual military exercise conducted by India and Russia
- Exercise Malabar – United States, Japan and India.
- Simbex – India and Singapore
- IBSAMAR – India, Brazil and South Africa
- KONKAN – Indian Navy and Royal Navy of Britain
- AUSINDEX-Indian and Australian Navy Bilateral Maritime Exercise
- Sahyog-Kaijin -Joint exercise of Coast Guards of India and Japan
- Naseem Al Bahr – India and Oman
- IMCOR- India- Myanmar
- Sahyog HOP TAC- India-Vietnam
- INDO CORPAT – India and Indonesia
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