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Nations
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Forces
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Host
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Date
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Current Edition
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Name the Exercise
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Indonesia
Initiated in 2018 |
Navy
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Visakhapatnam
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Oct 17, 2025
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5th
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Samudra Shakti
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USA
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Special Forces
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Vajra Prahar
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Army
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Mahajan Field Firing Ranges, Rajasthan (Foreign Training Node)
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17-30 Nov 2025.
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8th
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Ajeya Warrior
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Sri lanka
started in 2005 |
Navy
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Colombo
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14 to 18 Aug 25.
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12th
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Slinex
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Mongolia
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Army
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Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
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29 May-13 Jun , 2025
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17th
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Nomadic Elephant
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Maldives Launched in 1999, expanded in 2011 SAGAR vision. |
Navy
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Male
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17 - Jan, 2026
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17th
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DOSTI
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74 nations.
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Navy
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Visakhapatnam
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2026
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MILAN
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Maldives
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(Tri-Service)
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02-15 Feb
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13th
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Ekuverin
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Greek
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Navy
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Mediterranean Sea
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13-18 September
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1st
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Maiden Bilateral Maritime
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Thailand
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Army
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Meghalaya
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01-14 Sep
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14th
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Maitree
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Air Force
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Al Dhafra Air Base
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April 21 to May 8, 2025
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10th
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Desert Flag X
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Army
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Thiruvananthapuram
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02 to 15 Dec 2025
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14th
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EKUVERIN
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Annual maritime exercise between Australia, Japan, the United States and India. Since 1992
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Navy
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Guam
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Nov 10-18, 2025
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29th
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Malabar
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Navy
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05 – 12 Oct 25.
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Since 2004
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Konkan
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South Korea
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Navy
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Busan, South Korea.
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13th October 2025
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1st
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IN-RoKN
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Indonesia, along with the United States
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2025
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SUPER GARUDA SHIELD
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Tri-Service
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Vishakhapatnam
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01 to 11 Apr 25,
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4th
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Japan
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Navy
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Yokosuka, Japan
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October 16 to 18 2025
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JAIMEX
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Seychelles
biennial training event and has been conducted in Seychelles since 2001. |
Tri-service
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Seychelles
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09-20 March 2026
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11th
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Lamitiye
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Indian Navy's biennial and largest maritime exercise that strengthens joint operations against maritime threats with participation from the Army, Air Force, and Coast Guard.
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Navy
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Indian Ocean
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Jan to Mar 25.
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Tropex
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French
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Navy
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19 to 22 Mar 25.
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23rd
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VARUNA
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Singapore
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Army
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Jodhpur, Rajasthan.
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28 Jul-04 Aug 2025
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14th
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Bold Kurukshetra
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Russia
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Navy
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Mahajan Field Firing Range, Bikaner, Rajasthan
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03-15 Oct , 2025
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14th
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INDRA
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Australia
First launched in 2022 |
Army
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Perth, Australia.
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13-26 Oct 2025
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4th
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AUSTRAHIND
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Japan
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Army
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Uttarakhand
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24 February to 9 March 2026
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7th
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DHARMA GUARDIAN
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Army
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Camp Larzac in Southern France.
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19 Jun-02 Jul
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8th
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Shakti
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Kyrgyzstan
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Special Forces
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Missamari, Assam
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04 to 17 February 2026
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13th
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KHANJAR
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Army
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Belagavi, Karnataka, India
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10-23 Nov , 2025
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11th
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Mitra Shakti
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UAE
bilateral joint military exercise |
Army
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Abu Dhabi, UAE.
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18 to 30 Dec 2025.
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2nd
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DESERT CYCLONE
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Indonesia
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Special Forces
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Bakloh, Himachal Pradesh.
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03 to 12 December 2025
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10th
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GARUDA SHAKTI
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Comoros, Djibouti, Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mozambique, Seychelles and South Africa, alongside India and Tanzania
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Dar-es-Salaam
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April 13–18, 2025
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1st
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AIKEYME
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France
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Air Force
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Mont-de-Marsan Air Base, France.
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16-27 Nov, 2025
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8th
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Garuda
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Egypt
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10-23 Feb
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3rd
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Cyclone
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USA
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Army
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Alaska, USA,
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01-14 Sep 2025.
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21st
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Yudh Abhyas
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Army
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Hanoi
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10-29 Nov, 2025
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6th
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VINBAX
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Egypt + USA
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tri service
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A multilateral military exercise, one of the largest drills in the (MENA) region. • Conducted biennially since 1980. |
28 Aug-10 Sep 2025
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Since 1980 biennially.
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Bright Star
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US
-led multinational anti-submarine warfare (ASW |
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Sea Dragon
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Malaysia
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Army
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Rajasthan
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05 to 18 Dec 2025.
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5th
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Harimau Shakti
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Army
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Pithoragarh
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25 Nov - Dec 2025
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19th
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Suryakiran
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Uzbekistan
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Army
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Pune
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15-28 Apr
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6th
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DUSTLIK
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Myanmar
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Army
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22-27 Apr
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IMBEX
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Japan
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Coast Guard
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July 12, 2025
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Jaa Mata’
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Singapore
(formerly Exercise Lion King), (started in 1994) |
Navy
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Singapore
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32nd
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SIMBEX
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Commencing in 2003, ME USA & Mongolia evolved into a multi national exercise in the year 2006
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Army
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Ulaanbaatar
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14th to 28th June 2025.
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22nd
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KHAAN QUEST
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