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TROPEX 19
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- The major combat units of the Navy, including the Carrier Battle Group with INS Vikramaditya , nuclear submarines and scores of other ships, submarines and aircraft swiftly transited from exercise to operational deployment mode as tensions between India and Pakistan escalated.
- The deployment came amid the largest war game of the Navy, Theatre Level Operational Readiness Exercise (TROPEX 19), which began on January 7 and which was planned to be concluded by March 10.
TROPEX
- TROPEX: Theatre Level Readiness and Operational Exercise (TROPEX) is an inter-service military exercise involving the participation of the Indian Army, Air Force, Navy and the Coast Guard.
- Background:(1) Beginning in 2005, the exercise has been held annually, with the exception of 2006.(2) The last edition of the exercise was conducted in 2017.
- Period: The exercise generally commences at the beginning of each year and lasts a month.
- Purpose:(1) The exercise is designed to test the combat readiness of the Indian naval units, as well as the Indian Air Force, Indian Army and the Indian Coast Guard.(2) It also seeks to strengthen interoperability and joint operations in a complex environment.
- Phases: It is generally carried out in three phrases- independent workup phase, joint workup phase and tactical phase.
Source
The Hindu