AMPHEX-21: India’s large scale tri-services exercise gets over

New Delhi: A large-scale tri-service joint amphibious exercise 'AMPHEX-21,' has been concluded in Andaman & Nicobar group of islands. The exercise that took place between January 21 to January 25, involved the participation of Naval ships, amphibious troops of the Army and different types of aircraft from the Air force.

The exercise was aimed at validating India's capabilities to safeguard the territorial integrity of it's island territories. It also sought to enhance operational synergy and joint warfighting capabilities amongst the three services.

The exercise involved multi-faceted maritime operations by synergised employment of amphibious assault ships, surveillance platforms, execution of maritime air-strikes and complex manoeuvres at the sea. Airborne insertion of Marine Commandos of Navy and Special Forces of the Army, naval gunfire support, the amphibious landing of forces and follow-on operations also formed part of the exercise.

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Ex-KAVACH for the defence of Andaman & Nicobar Islands formed a part of AMPHEX-21. A joint intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance exercise under the aegis of HQ Integrated Defence Staff was also run concurrently to achieve Maritime Domain Awareness by the employment of a multitude of sensors.

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