Singapore-India Maritime Bilateral Exercise (SIMBEX 23) will be hosted by Singapore this year. For this, Indian Naval ships INS Ranvijay, INS Kavaratti and submarine INS Sindhukesari arrived in Singapore on Wednesday (September 20) to participate in the 30th edition of the SIMBEX 23.

• The SIMBEX series of exercises between the Indian Navy and the Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN) have been conducted annually since 1994 and they are aimed at enhancing mutual interoperability and imbibing best practices from each other. 
• SIMBEX holds the distinction of being the longest continuous naval exercise that Indian Navy has with any other country.
• The Sea Phase of SIMBEX 23 will involve complex and advanced air defence exercises, gunnery firings, tactical manoeuvres, anti-submarine exercises and other maritime operations. Units of both the navies will endeavour to hone their war-fighting skills while consolidating their capability to undertake multi-discipline operations jointly in the maritime domain.