About The Exercise Milan

Context:

The next edition of Exercise MILAN is scheduled to be held in February 2024.

Relevance:

GS III: Security Challenges

Dimensions of the Article:

1. Exercise Milan

Exercise Milan:

• Inception:
  • Began in 1995 as a biennial multilateral naval exercise.
• Expansion:
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• Evolution:
  • Originally involved only four countries: Indonesia, Singapore, Sri Lanka, and Thailand.
  • Transitioned and expanded in terms of participants and complexity of exercises.
• Policy Alignment:
  • Aligned with India’s ‘Look East Policy’ initially.
  • Later expanded in line with the ‘Act East Policy’ and the ‘Security And Growth for All in the Region (SAGAR)’ initiative.
• Participants:
  • Became the largest exercise held by India.
  • Includes participation from Friendly Foreign Countries (FFCs).
• Recent Edition:
  • The last edition, Milan-24, saw participation from over 40 countries.
  • Held off the coast of Visakhapatnam.