Indo-Russian naval exercise in Arabian Sea from Jan 26

In an attempt to boost anti-submarine warfare and anti-piracy operational skills, the Indian Navy will jointly exercise with its Russian counterparts during the Indra series of biennial wargames in the Arabian sea from January 26.

India will send its mainline warships, including destroyers, frigates and submarines, to the five-day wargame and Russia will be represented by six warships led by nuclear-powered missile cruiser "Pyotr Veliky" (Peter-the-Great), Defence Ministry sources said here today.

The warships from India would be from the Western Naval Command and the Russian ships from its Northern Fleet, sources said.

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