A three-nation naval military exercise being conducted by India along with Thailand and Singapore in the Andaman Sea will conclude on Friday. The objective of the drill is to test maritime interoperability between the navies of the three countries in the Indian Ocean Region. The two-day sea phase of the drill - Singapore, India, Thailand Maritime Exercise (SITMEX) - had commenced on Thursday. Navy officials said three Indian ships including INS Ranvir, a guided-missile destroyer; INS Kora, a missile corvette and INS Sumedha, an offshore patrol vessel, are participating in the exercise. India’s long-range maritime reconnaissance aircraft P-8I has also been deployed in the exercise. Other deployments by India include the warships RSS Tenacious, a formidable-class guided missile stealth frigate and HTMS Kraburi, a guided missile frigate. (IANS)
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