The first bilateral maritime exercises between Australia and India – AUSINDEX – will begin in Visakhapatnam and the Bay of Bengal from September 12 (Saturday). Three Royal Australian Navy ships and a Royal Australian Air Force AP-3C aircraft are expected to travel to India for the week-long exercise. The ships including a frigate, HMAS Arunta , tanker, HMAS Sirius , and a submarine, HMAS Sheean , are expected to participate with four Indian Navy ships. The exercise will include table top exercises, scenarios and practical demonstrations ashore, as well as a sea phase. At sea, surface and anti-submarine warfare and coordinated anti-submarine exercises will be conducted too, according to a statement issued here on Monday.
