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Detailed explanation-1: -2020 edition of MILAN was postponed to 2022 due to COVID-19. Starting with the participation of only four countries, viz Indonesia, Singapore, Sri Lanka and Thailand, in the 1995 edition, the exercise has since transitioned leaps and bounds in terms of number of participants and complexity of exercises.

Detailed explanation-2: -Detailed Solution. The correct answer is Vishakapatnam. Milan 2020: The Indian Navy’s major multilateral exercise, Milan 2020, in which around 30 countries were to participate at Visakhapatnam has been postponed due to the spread of Coronavirus.

Detailed explanation-3: -Indian Navy’s multilateral exercise Milan-2022 was organized from February 25, 2022, in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. It was conducted over a duration of nine days in two phases with the harbour phase scheduled from February 25 and the Sea Phase from March 1 to March 4.

Detailed explanation-4: -Taking forward the synergy achieved in the recently concluded Phase 1 of Exercise Malabar 2020, which was conducted in the Bay of Bengal from 03 to 06 November 2020, this phase will involve coordinated operations of increasing complexity between the navies of Australia, India, Japan and the United States.

Detailed explanation-5: -MILAN 2022 is being held in two phases, with the harbor phase scheduled from 25 February to 28 February and the sea phase from 1 March to 4 March. The theme of this year’s edition is ‘Camaraderie – Cohesion – Collaboration’.