Minister of State for Defence Subhash Bhamre today attended the opening ceremony of the five day International Defence Exhibition and Conference (IDEX) and NAVDEX (naval defence and maritime security exhibition) at Abu Dhabi. <br/><br/>One of the largest defence exhibitions in the world, the IDEX 2017 opening ceremony began with marching bands, before turning to a live military demonstration, featuring attack helicopters, pyrotechnics, fighter jet flyby's and soldiers engaged in tense firefights. The five day conference and exhibition is being attended by foreign dignitaries, ministers and industry leaders. <br/><br/>Indian Navy Spokesperson said in a tweet that the indigenously built OPV (Off Shore Patrol Vehicle) INS Sunayna 2 is representing Indian Navy at IDEX and Navdex 17 and it entered the Mina Zayed port in Abu Dhabi last evening. <br/><br/>MoS Defence is likely to visit INS Sunayna during his course of the stay in UAE. He also held a meeting with the Indian Ambassador in UAE Mr Navdeep Suri. <br/><br/>On offer to visitors at IDEX and NAVDEX 2017 are military and police equipment ranging from protective body armour, to rifles, submarines, tanks, and anti-aircraft missile defence systems.