Bangladesh Navy Ships Ali Haider, a type 053 frigate, and BNS Shadinota, a type 056 stealth guided missile corvette, arrived here on a four-day visit to Eastern Naval Command to participate in the maiden Indian Navy-Bangladesh Navy (BN) bilateral exercise.
The exercise, which will continue till October 16 since the arrival of the ships here on Saturday include professional interaction between the navies and visits to the Indian Naval training and maintenance facilities. On Sunday, the visiting team had some time at INS Kursura submarine and TU 142 aeroplane museums and participated in friendly sports fixtures with their counterparts in Indian Navy.
Prior to arrival to Visakhapatnam, BN ships undertook coordinated patrol (CORPAT) with Indian Navy ships Ranvijay and Kuthar from October 10 to 12. The second edition of Indian Navy-Bangladesh Navy CORPAT in North Bay of Bengal increased the scope of joint exercises between the ships of neighbouring countries by sharing best practices in flying operations and other seamanship evolutions including vertical replenishment by integral helicopters of Indian Navy undertaking onboard BN ships.
