SLINEX

The major activities conducted as part of the exercise were replenishment at sea approaches, visit, board, search, and seizure exercise, surface firing on a floating target, flying operations and asymmetric threat operations.

The fourth SLINEX took place between 27 October and 15 November 2015, off Trincomalee, Sri Lanka.

[4] The navies of India and Sri Lanka with anti-submarine warfare corvettes INS Kamorta and INS Kiltan as well as offshore patrol vessel Sayura and training ship Gajabahu respectively begin a three-day exercise Slinex 2020 to highlight growing congruence.

[5] The eighth edition was scheduled off Trincomalee, Sri Lanka from 19 to 21 October.

Both the countries will deploy an Offshore Patrol Vessel each embarked with a Special Forces team.