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Amid the emerging threats in the Indian Ocean Region, Indian Navy has once again tested its combat readiness during Exercise TROPEX.
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India is facing emerging threats from both China and Pakistan, thereby the Exercise Tropex assumes much significance.
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The operational preparedness spanned an area of over 21 million square nautical miles. Overseen by the Naval Headquarters all the three services as well as the Indian Coast Guard were involved in the exercise.
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During the exercise, all the assets of Indian Navu have been tested including aircraft, frigates, communications Systems, submarines, destroyers, and corvettes.
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Ex TROPEX was first started in 2005 and until 2015 was an annual drill. Thereafter its mandate was changed to a biennial basis – the previous edition took place in 2021.
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The Exercise Tropex has been dubbed as one of the largest war-game.
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During the exercise, all the three services – Indian Army, Air Force, Indian Navy and the Indian Coast Guard deploys its assets.
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The exercise also aims to strengthen interoperability and joint operations under a Theatre Command Structure.
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The theatre of operations for the Exercise Tropex covered almost 4,300 nm (nautical miles) from North to South upto 35 deg South Latitude and 5,000 nm from the Persian Gulf in the West to North Australia coast in the East.