Indian Navy to hold it’s largest-ever combat exercise, Tropex, in early 2021

Indian Navy to hold its largest-ever combat exercise, Tropex, in early 2021. All operational assets of the Indian Navy will be involved in the exercise

The Indian Navy Chief said.

During the ongoing annual presser by Indian Navy, Navy Chief said that India will be holding the largest ever combat exercise in 2021. As the tensions between India and its arch-rivals China and Pakistan are increasing, Indian armed forces are conducting several excessive combat exercises.

The Indian Navy Chief said that there are dual challenges from coronavirus and Chinese attempts to change the status at the borders(LAC). And the Indian Navy is fully prepared to face both these challenge. It is expected that the Indian Navy will put in use of exclusively signed LEMOA during upcoming TROPEC 2021 exercise.

The LEMOA stands for Logistics Exchange Memorandum of Agreement (LEMOA), a tweaked India-specific version of the Logistics Support Agreement (LSA), which the U.S. has with several countries it has close military to military cooperation. Which will aa as a force multiplier for the Indian combatants in the region.

Theatre Level Readiness and Operational Exercise (TROPEX) is an inter-service military exercise involving the participation of the Indian Army, Air Force, Navy and the Coast Guard. The exercise generally commences at the beginning of each year and lasts a month. It is generally carried out in three phrases: independent workup phase, joint workup phase and tactical phase.

The exercise is designed to test the combat readiness of the Indiaexceptl as the Indian Air Force, Indian Army and the Indian Coast Guard. It also seeks to strengthen interoperability and joint operations in a complex environment.

Beginning in 2005, the exercise has been held annually, except in 2016. The last edition of the exercise was conducted in 2017.