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Indian Military Exercises 


Air Force Exercises

ExerciseLocationNaturePlatforms/UnitsYear Started / Notes
Desert Hunt 2025Jodhpur
Desert Flag-10Al-Dafra Air Base, UAEMultinationalMiG-29 & Jaguar aircraft
Yudh AbhyasFort Wainwright, AlaskaBattalion of Madras Regiment2004
Prachand Prahar / Poorvi Prachand PraharMechuka, Arunachal PradeshTri-service
GarudaMonte-de-Marsan Air Base, France

Navy Exercises

ExerciseLocationFrequencyIndian AssetsPartner AssetsYear Started / Notes
Varuna 2025MiG-29K & Rafale M1993; renamed Varuna in 2001
Bongosagar 2025Bay of BengalBiennialINS Ranvir (1986)BNS Abu UbaidahStarted 2019
PASSES 2025Gulf of AdenINS Tarkash (2012)HMNZS Te Kaha (1997)Anzac-class (NZ)
HADR ExerciseMaafilaafushi Atoll, MaldivesINS ShardaMNDF
12th SLINEXColomboTwo phasesINS Rana, INS JyotiSLNS Gajabhau, SLNS Vijayabahu
India–Greece (1st)Salamis Bay, GreeceINS Trikand (2013)
India–South Korea (1st)Busan Naval Base, South KoreaINS Sahyadri
5th Samudra Shakti 2025VisakhapatnamINS KavarattiKRI John Lie
JAIMEX 2025Yokosuka, JapanINS Sahyadri (2012)
MALABARGuam (US territory), Northern PacificTwo phasesINS Sahyadri (F49)1992

Army / Drone Exercises

ExerciseLocationFrequencyIndian UnitsYear Started / Notes
Teesta PraharNorth Bengal
22nd Khan QuestUlaanbaatar, MongoliaKumaon Regiment2003; multilateral since 2006
8th ShaktiLamp Larzac, La Cavalerie, FranceBiennialJ&K Rifles + 13 DBLEStarted 2011; 2023 in Umroi, Meghalaya
14th MaitreeUmroi2006
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