Overview
- The Army’s Sudarshan Chakra Corps conducted a joint amphibious exercise with the Indian Navy along the western seaboard to demonstrate multi-domain readiness.
- Army aviation from the Thar Raptor Brigade coordinated with the mechanised formations of Sudarshan Chakra and Konark Corps to validate high-tempo combined arms operations.
- The desert phase under Southern Command’s MaruJwala and Akhand Prahaar drills is refining joint aviation–mechanised TTPs, covering missions from surveillance to special heliborne operations and close-support manoeuvres.
- Trishul is led by the Indian Navy with the Army and Air Force, featuring principal participation by Southern Command, Western Naval Command and South Western Air Command, plus the Coast Guard, BSF and other agencies.
- The exercise spans Rajasthan and Gujarat’s creek and desert sectors and includes amphibious operations in the North Arabian Sea, with the Defence Ministry highlighting goals of joint effect-based operations and strengthened interoperability through November 13.