India concluded its tri-service drill - Exercise Trishul, which involved 30,000 army personnel, multiple fighter jets, and 25 naval ships and submarines on Thursday.
Showcasing their joint operational strength, leading commanders from the Indian Army, Navy, and the Air Force, Lieutenant General Dhiraj Seth, Vice Admiral Krishna Swaminathan, and Air Marshal Nagesh Kapoor, took on the Indian aircraft carrier INS Vikrant off Saurashtra, to review a live multi-domain operation. On Wednesday night, they witnessed "carrier-borne flying operations and underway replenishment."
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The Western Naval Command stated that the exercise would "significantly boost jointness and interoperability." It wrote on X, "The joint presence of the three Commanders-in-Chief onboard INS Vikant symbolises a strong step toward unity and integrated functioning among the services."
For the past 14 days, coordinated maneuvers have been carried out from the Thar desert to the Kutch region under the framework of Exercise Trishul. As they landed on the Gujarat coast on Thursday, the exercise was completed.
Lt Gen Dhiraj Seth said that the operations under the exercise "validated new weapons, military equipment, and procedures." The Southern Command called it a "benchmark in jointness, integration, and interoperability."
The Defence Ministry stated that the tri-service exercise aimed to "strengthen integrated readiness across multiple domains", as it covers electronic warfare, cyber defence, counter-drone operations, intelligence, and surveillance.
In its statement, the Ministry said that the exercise validated "joint intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR), electronic warfare (EW), and cyber warfare plans."
Adding, "The exercise highlighted the effective employment of indigenous systems and demonstrated the absorption of the tenets of Aatmanirbhar Bharat."