SLINEX (Sri Lanka India Naval Exercise) are a series of

naval exercise A military exercise or war game is the employment of military resources in training for military operations, either exploring the effects of warfare or testing strategies without actual combat. This also serves the purpose of ensuring the co ...

s between the

Indian Navy The Indian Navy is the maritime branch of the Indian Armed Forces. The President of India is the Supreme Commander of the Indian Navy. The Chief of Naval Staff, a four-star admiral, commands the navy. As a blue-water navy, it operates sig ...

and the

Sri Lanka Navy ta, இலங்கை கடற்படை , image = Sri Lanka Naval Seal.png , image_size = 180px , caption = Emblem of Sri Lanka Navy , dates = , c ...

. The first SLINEX exercise took place in 2005. The eighth edition took place in 2020.

SLINEX 2013

SLINEX-13 was conducted off the coast of

Goa Goa () is a state on the southwestern coast of India within the Konkan region, geographically separated from the Deccan highlands by the Western Ghats. It is located between the Indian states of Maharashtra to the north and Karnataka to th ...

from 04 – 07 Nov 13.

INS Talwar The following ships of the Indian Navy have been named INS ''Talwar'': * was a Type 12, commissioned in 1959, which served in the Portuguese-Indian War and the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 The Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 was a military c ...

and

SLNS Sagara SLNS ''Sagara'' (''Sagara'' meaning: Sea) is an Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV) of the Sri Lanka Navy. It was formerly the ICGS ''Varaha'' (41), a Vikram-class offshore patrol vessel of the Indian Coast Guard, leased to Sri Lanka in 2006 and was h ...

participated in the exercise. The exercise was conducted over two phases with the harbour phase from 04 - 05 Nov 13 and the sea phase with debrief from 06 - 07 Nov 13. The major activities conducted as part of the exercise were

replenishment at sea Replenishment at sea (RAS) (North Atlantic Treaty Organization/Commonwealth of Nations) or underway replenishment (UNREP) ( U.S. Navy) is a method of transferring fuel, munitions, and stores from one ship to another while under way. First develop ...

approaches,

visit, board, search, and seizure Visit, board, search, and seizure (VBSS) is the term used by United States military and law enforcement agencies for maritime boarding actions and tactics. VBSS teams are designed to capture enemy vessels, combat terrorism, piracy, and smuggli ...

exercise, surface firing on a floating target, flying operations and asymmetric threat operations.

SLINEX 2015

The fourth SLINEX took place between October 27 and November 15, 2015, off

Trincomalee Trincomalee (; ta, திருகோணமலை, translit=Tirukōṇamalai; si, ත්‍රිකුණාමළය, translit= Trikuṇāmaḷaya), also known as Gokanna and Gokarna, is the administrative headquarters of the Trincomalee Dis ...

, Sri Lanka. The vessels taking part included

SLNS Sayura SLNS ''Sayura'' (''Sayura'', in Sinhalese: Sea) is the former flagship and an offshore patrol vessel (OPV) of the Sri Lanka Navy. She was formerly, , a of the Indian Navy sold to Sri Lanka in 2000. She was upgraded with new armament in India be ...

SLNS Samudura SLNS ''Samudura'' (P621) () is a Sri Lanka Navy Offshore Patrol Vessel. Originally commissioned by the United States Coast Guard in 1968 as the medium endurance cutter USCGC ''Courageous'', she was donated to Sri Lanka in 2004 and commissioned on ...

, INS Kora, INS Kirpan and INS Savitri.

SLINEX 2018

SLINEX 2018 took place between September 7 to 13, 2018, off

, Sri Lanka. The vessels taking part included

SLNS Sayurala Two ships operated by the Sri Lanka Navy have had the name SLNS ''Sayurala''. * , an ex-Indian Coast Guard which enter service in Sri Lanka Navy in 2009 and returned to India in 2011 * SLNS Sayurala (2016) SLNS ''Sayurala'' () pennant number P ...

, SLNS Suranimala,

INS Sumitra INS ''Sumitra'' is the fourth and last Saryu class patrol vessel of the Indian Navy, designed and constructed by Goa Shipyard Limited. It is also the presidential yacht of India. It is designed to undertake fleet support operations, coastal an ...

, INS Kirch and INS Cora together with 2 Dornier air crafts and a helicopter of the Indian Navy.

SLINEX 2020

The navies of India and Sri Lanka with anti-submarine warfare corvettes

INS Kamorta INS ''Kamorta'' is the first of four anti-submarine ''Kamorta''-class stealth corvettes which has been built for the Indian Navy. It is a significant step towards India's pursuit for self-reliance in indigenous warship building, bringing clo ...

and

INS Kiltan INS ''Kiltan'' (P30) is an anti-submarine warfare corvette of the Indian Navy built under Project 28. It is the third of four ''Kamorta''-class corvettes. The ship was built by the Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE), Kolkata, launch ...

as well as offshore patrol vessel Sayura and training ship Gajabahu respectively begin a three-day exercise Slinex 2020 to highlight growing congruence. The eighth edition was scheduled off

, Sri Lanka from October 19 to 21.

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* {{Commons category-inline, SLINEX Sri Lanka Navy Indian naval exercises Military exercises involving India India–Sri Lanka relations Indian military exercises