Overview
- India’s ADGPI announced the exercise on X, confirming the Foreign Training Node in Belagavi, Karnataka, as the host site.
- Officials say the 2025 iteration focuses on interoperability for joint operations in built‑up and semi‑built terrain with an emphasis on regional security.
- Reporting notes a planning framework oriented to counter‑insurgency tasks in a sub‑conventional scenario under a United Nations Chapter VII mandate.
- The drill is held annually on a rotational basis between the two countries, with the 10th edition conducted in August 2024 at Maduru Oya in Sri Lanka.
- Last year’s iteration featured a 106‑strong Indian contingent from the Rajputana Rifles and Sri Lanka’s Gajaba Regiment, with drills spanning heliborne missions, cordon‑and‑search, and drone and counter‑drone use.