Overview
- Officials reported participation by 42 ships and submarines and 29 aircraft, including 18 foreign warships.
- The two-phase format moved from harbour exchanges to high-intensity drills featuring integrated air defence, anti-submarine warfare, maritime interdiction, surface strike coordination, communications and cross-deck flying.
- Rear Admiral Alok Ananda presided over the closing ceremony aboard the indigenous carrier off Visakhapatnam.
- Air assets included a U.S. Navy P-8A from VP-4 in anti-submarine drills, maritime patrol aircraft from France and Germany, and media reports said Vikrant-based MiG-29Ks flew integrated air-defence sorties in MILAN for the first time.
- Five countries participated for the first time — the Philippines, UAE, Oman, South Africa and South Korea — while claims of 72–75 participating nations remain unconfirmed by official statements.