TROPEX-23: Indian Navy completes four-month-long war exercise

Culmination of TROPEX-23 brings to end an intense operational phase for the Indian Navy that commenced in November 2022

Every second year, the Indian Navy sails out to sea and conducts a major battle exercise to verify that it is ready in all respects for war. This year’s exercise, called the “Theatre Level Operational Readiness Exercise for 2023” (TROPEX-23), culminated this week in the Arabian Sea after running for four months from November 2022 to March 2023.

Set in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR), including the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal, the exercise extended approximately 4,300 nautical miles north to south upto 35 degrees South and 5,000 nautical miles from the Persian Gulf to the northern coast