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Exercise Milan                                        

15th February, 2022 Defence

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Context: Exercise Milan is scheduled to be held from February 25 to March 4 for which 46 countries have been invited. Milan 2022, will see participation of all Quad countries, with the U.S. being invited for the first time.

About Exercise Milan:

  • It is a multilateral naval exercise hosted by the Indian Navy.
  • It began in
  • It is held biennially and brings together Navies of all the countries in the region.
  • All editions of Milan had been hosted under the aegis of the Andaman and Nicobar Command and were held in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
  • In 2020, the Navy decided to hold the next edition of Milan in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh under the Eastern Naval Command.

https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/navys-largest-exercise-milan-to-bring-together-over-35-countries/article38414936.ece