Theatre Level Operational Readiness Exercise (Tropex-23) Indian Navy’s Largest War Game

The 2023 edition of Indian Navy’s major maritime exercise TROPEX, is currently underway in IOR. This Operational level exercise is conducted biennially and witnesses participation from Indian Army, Indian Air force and Indian Coast Guard assets. TROPEX 2023 is being conducted over a duration of three months from January - March 2023. As part of exercise, all surface combatants of Indian Navy including Destroyers, Frigates, Corvettes as well as submarines and aircraft are put through complex Maritime Operational deployments to validate and refine Navy’s Concept of Operations including operation allogistics and interoperability with other services. The exercise is being conducted in different phases, both in harbour and at sea, encompassing various facets of combat operations, including live weapon firings. Having grown in scope and complexity over years, this exercise provides an opportunity to test combat readiness of combined Fleets of Indian Navy to operate in a multi threat environment.