Joint Military Exercises of India are crucial topics frequently featured in the Current Affairs section of various competitive exams, including SSC CGL, SSC CHSL, SSC CPO, CDS, AFCAT, Airmen Group X & Y, Indian Navy SSR, RRB NTPC, and state-based exams.
Military Exercise Name Type Countries/ Conducted By Location Exercise TARKASH Joint Anti-Terror Mock Drills India and USA Kolkata, West Bengal(WB) Exercise SHAKTI 2024 Joint military Exercise India and France Umroi (Meghalaya) Gagan Strike-II Joint Exercise Indian Army (IA) and Indian Air Force (IAF) Ambala, Haryana Maritime Partnership Exercise (MPX) Naval Exercise India and Philippines West Philippine Sea
Military Exercise Name Type Countries/ Conducted By Location Maritime Partnership Exercise Naval Exercise Indian and United Kingdom Lyme Bay (south coast of England) Exercise Poorvi Lehar(XPOL) 2024 Naval Exercise Indian Navy East Coast DUSTLIK 2024 Army Exercise India and Uzbekistan Termez District, the Republic of Uzbekistan Anti-Tank Guided Missile (ATGM) Training Exercise Army Exercise Indian Army’s Trishakti Corps Sikkim Sagar Kavach 2024 Coastal Security Exercise Indian Navy, Indian Coast Guard, Marine Police, Fisheries, Customs, and other security agencies. Lakshadweep Gagan Shakti 2024 Air Exercise Indian Air Force (IAF) Pokhran, Rajasthan
Military Exercise Name Type Countries/ Conducted By Location Samudra Laksamana Naval Exercise India, Malaysia Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh Sea Defenders-2024 Joint Maritime Exercise India, USA Off the coast of Port Blair, Andaman and Nicobar Islands Bharat Shakti Tri-Service Exercise Indian Armed Forces Pokhran, Rajasthan Exercise Cutlass Express – 24 (CE – 24) Naval Exercise 16 Countries including India Port Victoria, Seychelles LAMITIYE-2024 Friendship ‘ in the Creole language) Joint Military Exercise India, Seychelles Seychelles Tiger Triumph – 24 India, Mozambique, and Tanzania India, USA bilateral tri-service Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) Exercise IMT Exercise – 2024 (India, Mozambique and Tanzania) Tri-Lateral Exercise India, Mozambique and Tanzania Nacala, Mozambique Gagan Shakti-2024 Air Force Exercise Indian Air Force (IAF) Pokhran, Rajasthan
Military Exercise Name Type Countries/ Conducted By Location Vayu Shakti-24 Air Exercise Indian Air Force (IAF) Pokhran Air to Ground Range near Jaisalmer Exercise MILAN Naval Exercise Indian Navy along with 50 other Countries Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh Trilateral Exercise ‘Dosti-16’ Naval Exercise India, Sri Lanka and Maldivies Maldives Dharma Guardian Joint Military Exercise India and Japan Mahajan Field Firing Ranges, Rajasthan Shanti Prayas IV Multinational Peacekeeping exercise USA and Nepal Birendra Peace Operations Training Centre (BPOTC) in Panchkhal, Nepal
Military Exercise Name Type Countries/ Conducted By Location Desert Cyclone 2024 Joint Army Exercise India and UAE Mahajan, Rajasthan Exercise Sea Dragon 24 Multinational maritime exercise India, Japan, South Korea, Australia, and the US Guam, a US island territory in the Western Pacific Sahyog Kaijin 2024 Maritime exercise India and Japan Off the coast of Chennai Ex-Ayutthaya Naval Exercise India and Thailand Bay of Bengal Exercise Topchi Army Exercise Conducted by the Indian Army Maharashtra, School of Artillery at Devlali Steadfast Defender 2024 large-scale, multi-domain exercise involving all branches of the military North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Trans-Atlantic region CYCLONE (2nd edition) Army Exercise India and Egypt Anshas, Egypt Khanjar (11th edition) Army Exercise India and Kyrgyzstan Himachal Pradesh Desert Knight Mega air exercise India, France, and United Arab Emirates (UAE) Arabian Sea SADA TANSEEQ (inaugural edition) Army Exercise India and Saudi Arabia Rajasthan Vayu Shakti 2024 Air Exercise by IAF Conducted by Indian Air Force (IAF) Pokhran Air to Ground Range near Jaisalmer, Rajasthan
