Indian army concludes its biggest one month exercises

ISLAMABAD: Indian Navy with the collaboration of its Army and Indian Air Force (IAF) undertaken one month long exercises believed to be among the biggest of its history. 

According to Indian defence ministry the Theatre-level Readiness and Operational Exercise, conducted to test combat readiness of the combined fleets of the Navy, Air Force, Army and the Coast Guard named ‘TROPEX 2017’, has concluded.

The ministry stated in New Delhi that the aim of the month-long exercise, which was carried out across the vast expanse of the Arabian Sea and the North Central Indian Ocean, was to test the combat readiness of the forces to deal with any possible threat. 

"TROPEX 2017 assumes great significance in the backdrop of current security scenario. The exercise provided an apt-opportunity to test the combat capability of the Indian Navy, Army, Air Force and Coast Guard, and strengthened inter-operability and joint operations in complex conflict situation," the Indian defence ministry said.  It claimed that over 45 ships from both the Western and Eastern Naval Commands, five submarines including the nuclear powered Chakra, 50 Naval aircraft, 11 ships from the Coast Guard, troops from the Army and 20 aircraft from the Air Force including Su-30s and Jaguars participated in the exercise from January 24 to February 23. 

"The exercise, in complete coordination with the Army and Air Force, was conducted in phases to test the various facets of war-fighting and joint combat capabilities of the armed forces to respond to given threat situations," the ministry said.