Overview
- The Navy-led Exercise Trishul runs November 3–13 across Rajasthan and Gujarat’s creek and desert sectors and the northern Arabian Sea, validating joint operations across land, sea, air, cyber and space.
- Defence officials cite deployment of roughly 20–25 warships, about 40 fighter aircraft, large amphibious elements including INS Jalashwa, carrier operations, and around 20,000–25,000 Army personnel.
- Pakistan’s NAVAREA IX 514/25 is active November 2–5 for live surface and sub-surface firing in the northern Arabian Sea near the Sir Creek sector, covering an area of roughly 6,000 sq km over 135 km, with mariners told to keep clear.
- OSINT mapping highlights an overlap between Pakistan’s firing zone and Indian airspace reservations, and defence reporting says Pakistan’s drills may include missile tests and upgraded submarine-launched torpedo trials.
- India has also filed a NOTAM for phased Indian Air Force exercises in the Northeast on Nov 6 and 20, Dec 4 and 18, and Jan 1 and 15, extending a pattern of reciprocal NOTAMs and NAVAREA advisories since Operation Sindoor.