Overview
- India’s 12-day tri-service exercise runs October 30 to November 10 across Gujarat and Rajasthan, featuring creek, desert, amphibious and multi-domain drills.
- A NOTAM instructs civil aviation to avoid airspace along the Rajasthan–Gujarat border for the duration of the exercise.
- Large deployments include roughly 25,000 Army personnel with tanks, artillery and missiles, IAF Rafales and Su-30MKIs with AEW&C and IL-78 refuellers, and Navy Kolkata-class destroyers and Nilgiri-class frigates.
- The sequence starts with Navy-led operations, followed by Army and then IAF phases, with the BSF and Indian Coast Guard participating as auxiliary forces.
- Pakistan adjusted routes in the Karachi and Lahore flight regions, and, according to reports, scrambled fighters from bases including Shorkot, Risalpur and Mianwali early on October 30.