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India and UK Launch Konkan Naval Drills With Carrier Strike Groups

A follow-on aerial defence drill with the Indian Air Force is slated for October 14.

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Indian PM Narendra Modi and his British PM Keir Starmer strike a pose with the Premier League football championship trophy during Modi's visit to the UK earlier this year. Starmer is scheduled to arrive in India later this week.
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Overview

  • The eight-day exercise runs October 5–12 off India’s western seaboard in two phases featuring sea, air and undersea operations.
  • India’s INS Vikrant leads a carrier group with MiG-29K fighters while the UK’s HMS Prince of Wales deploys F-35B jets.
  • The UK Carrier Strike Group includes participating assets from Norway and Japan as part of its broader regional activities.
  • Drills cover anti-air, anti-surface and anti-submarine warfare alongside complex flying operations and seamanship evolutions.
  • Officials frame the engagement as strengthening interoperability and supporting a free and open Indo-Pacific under the UK‑India Vision 2035, with UK warships set to visit Mumbai and Goa after the exercise.