Milan (naval exercise)

Milan is a multilateral naval exercise hosted by the Indian Navy under the aegis of the Andaman and Nicobar Command. The biennial event is held in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, and features professional exercises and seminars, social events and sporting fixtures between participating nations.

Milan was first held in 1995. Apart from the Indian Navy, the navies of Indonesia, Singapore, Sri Lanka and Thailand participated in the inaugural edition.

Seventeen nations, including India, participated in Milan 2014 making it the biggest edition of the event ever.

The most recent edition of Milan was held at Port Blair from 6-13 March 2018. Sixteen foreign nations participated in the event.

Editions
Milan was first held in 1995. Since then, the event has been held biennially except for 2001, 2005, and 2016. The 2001 and 2016 editions were not held because of the International Fleet Review, while the 2005 event was postponed to 2006 due to the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami. The following lists every edition of Milan and the countries that participated in the edition. Countries participating for the first time are in italics. ''