Live Firing and Boarding Drills Aboard Indian Warships | WION Exclusive | Defence Pulse
The first-ever BIMSTEC Maritime Security Exercise took place from October 30 to November 3, 2026, in Sri Vijaya Puram (formerly Port Blair) within the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Hosted by India through the Andaman and Nicobar Command (ANC), the drill brought together all seven member states of BIMSTEC (India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and Thailand) under the theme “Shared Seas, Shared Security and Shared Prosperity”.
