INS Sahyadri Participates in 1st India-Indonesia-Australia Trilateral Maritime Exercise

Current Context: The Indian Navy’s indigenously built warship, INS Sahyadri, participated in the maiden trilateral Maritime Partnership Exercise with the ships and aircraft from the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) and Indonesian Navy from 20 - 21 Sep 2023.

• The trilateral exercise provided an opportunity for the three maritime nations to strengthen their partnership and improve their collective capability to support a stable, peaceful, and secure Indo-Pacific region.
• The exercise also provided the opportunity for the participating navies to benefit from each other’s experience and expertise. This was the first time that INS Sahyadri represented India at such trilateral wargames.
• Complex tactical and manoeuvring exercises, cross-deck visits, and cross-deck landings of integral helicopters were conducted for training of crew and enhancement of interoperability.
• INS Sahyadri, the third ship of the indigenously designed and built Project-17 class multirole stealth frigates, was built at Mazagon Dock Ltd, Mumbai, and is commanded by Capt Rajan Kapoor.

Question:

Q.1 Which countries participated in the maiden trilateral Maritime Partnership Exercise?
a. India, Indonesia, and Australia
b. India, Indonesia, and Japan
c. India, Australia, and Japan
d. Australia, Indonesia, and Japan