Sea Dragon 22 exercise

• A multi-lateral anti-submarine warfare exercise in the Pacific Ocean.
• The exercise began on January 5 along with the navies of India, Australia, Canada, Japan and South Korea.
• India, Japan, Australia and America are also part of the Quad, and also participate in the Malabar exercise.

About the exercise:

• Sea Dragon is a US-led multi-national exercise designed to practice and discuss Anti-submarine warfare tactics to operate together in response to traditional and non-traditional maritime security challenges in the Indo-Pacific region.
• It is an annual exercise.
• It is significant in terms of strained relations that some countries have with China and the growing forays of the PLA-Navy into the Indian ocean region.
• The Indian Navy has recently inducted two more Poseidon 8I maritime reconnaissance and anti-submarine warfare aircraft, which would further boost its ability to keep an eye over the Chinese ships and submarines in the region.

Indian Army Joint Exercises

• Hand-in-Hand. – India and China
• Exercise Shakti - India and France armies
• Exercise Nomadic Elephant-India and Mongolian
• Exercise Yuddh Abhyas- Indian and United States Armies since 2005.
• Surya Kiran - India and Nepal
• LAMITYE- India and Seychelles
• Prabal Dostyk – India and Kazhakhstan
• Al-Nagah- Indian and Oman
• Ajeya Warrior - India and UK
• SAMPRITI- India-Bangladesh
• AUSTRA HIND- Australia and India
• Khanjar- India and Kyrgyzstan
• Mitra Shakti-India & Sri Lanka
• Maitree Exercise - India & Thailand
• Vajra Prahar-India & US
• Yudh Abhyas -India & US
• Garuda Shakti- India & Indonesia
• Shakti Exercise - India & France
• Dharma Guardian - India & Japan
• Ex Ekuverin- India and Maldives
• VINBAX-2018 – India and Vietnam
• Ex HARIMAU SHAKTI- India and Malaysia
• Ex Vajra Prahar- India and US
• IMBEX-2017- India-Myanmar
• BOLD KURUKSHETRA- India- Singapore

Indian Air Force Joint Exercises

• “Indradhanush” or “Rainbow” - India-UK air exercises
• Garuda- India-France Air Exercise
• Avia Indra - India-Russia maiden aerial exercise.
• Exercise Red Flag - India and the U.S.
• Siam Bharat - Indian Air Force and Royal Thailand Air Force
• Desert Eagle - India and UAE
• Eastern Bridge - India-Oman bilateral air exercise

Indian Navy Joint Exercises

• Varuna - France and India.
• SLINEX- Sri Lanka and India
• INDRA - bi-annual military exercise conducted by India and Russia
• Exercise Malabar - United States, Japan and India.
• Simbex - India and Singapore
• IBSAMAR – India, Brazil and South Africa
• KONKAN - Indian Navy and Royal Navy of Britain
• AUSINDEX-Indian and Australian Navy Bilateral Maritime Exercise
• Sahyog-Kaijin -Joint exercise of Coast Guards of India and Japan
• Naseem Al Bahr - India and Oman
• IMCOR- India- Myanmar
• Sahyog HOP TAC- India-Vietnam
• INDO CORPAT – India and Indonesia

Multilateral Exercises

• RIMPAC - 26 countries
• COBRA-GOLD of Asia – Pacific nations
• Samvedna - South Asian Region Nations
• KOMODO
• KAKADU
• MILEX-18- Between BIMSTEC countries

Domestic exercises

• GANDIV VIJAY
• VIJAY PRAHAR
• PASCHIM LEHAR-18
• Vayu Shakti 2019