(THE GIST OF PIB) JAIMEX 2025

(OCTO BER-2025)

Recently, Indian Naval Ship (INS) Sahyadri participated in the Sea phase of JAIMEX-25 (Japan India Maritime Exercise).

It is a maritime exercise between India and Japan.
Objective: It underscores the strong and burgeoning Navy-to-Navy interactions that underpin the ‘Special Strategic and Global Partnership’established between India and Japan in 2014.
This partnership is a crucial pillar for ensuring peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific maritime domain.

Sea phase included advanced Anti-Submarine Warfare and missile defence drills, enhancing interoperability by undertaking flying operations and underway replenishment.
Harbour Phase at Yokosuka includes engagement in a multitude of professional and cultural exchanges, cross-deck visits, collaborative operational planning, sharing of best practices,
Significance: The Indian Navy and JMSDF have been at the forefront of this growing partnership with a shared vision of a free, open, and inclusive Indo-Pacific region.
Other bilateral exercises between India and Japan: Malabar exercise(Naval Exercise), ‘Veer Guardian’ (Air Force), and Dharma Guardian (Army).

It is an indigenously built Shivalik-class Guided Missile Stealth Frigate.
It is indigenously designed, constructed and commissioned in 2012.
The ship is capable of carrying Barak-1 and Shtil-1 3S90M missiles, BrahMos anti-ship missiles, anti-submarine rocket launchers.
The multi-role stealth frigate has participated in various operational deployments, bilateral and multilateral exercises.