In 2023, various military exercises were held at different places. So here, we come up with the complete list of Military Exercise in 2023.
Complete List of Military Exercise in 2023
November 2023
Exercise Name |
Conducted by/Countries |
Location |
Mitrashakti 2023 |
India and Sri Lanka |
Southern Command in Pune |
NATPOLREX-IX |
Indian Coast Guard’s Pollution Response Exercise |
Vadinar, Gujarat |
Joint Military Exercise SURYA KIRAN |
India and Nepal |
Pithoragarh, UK |
Joint Military Exercise AUSTRAHIND-23 |
Indian and Australia |
Perth, Australia |
Joint Special Forces Exercise “VAJRA PRAHAR 2023” |
India and USA |
Umroi, Meghalaya |
Bilateral Exercise BONGOSAGAR-23 |
India and Bangladesh |
Northern Bay of Bengal |
“Exercise Poorvi Akash” |
Eastern Air Command of the Indian Air Force (IAF) |
Shillong |
first MARUMEX 2023 military exercise |
Myanmar and Russia |
Myanmar’s Andaman coast |
Sea Guardians-3 joint maritime exercise |
Pakistan and China |
northern Arabian Sea |
Joint military exercise ‘Trishakti Prahar’ |
Indian Army, the Indian Navy, and the Indian Air Force |
Rajasthan |
October 2023
Exercise Name |
Conducted by/Countries |
Location |
Joint Military Exercise “SAMPRITI-XI” |
India and Bangladesh |
Umroi, Meghalaya |
Security Exercise “Prasthan” |
Indian Navy |
Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh (AP) |
Military Exercise “Cambrian Patrol 2023” |
18 Countries |
Wales, United Kingdom (UK) |
Coastal Security Exercise “East Coast Sagar Kavach” |
Indian Navy, Indian Coast Guard |
Andhra Pradesh(AP), Tamil Nadu(TN) and Puducherry(PY) |
Annual Joint Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) Exercise (AJHE) – “CHAKRAVAT 2023″ |
Indian Navy |
Goa |
EU-India Maritime Security Exercise |
India and European Union(EU) |
Gulf of Guinea |
Harimau Shakti 2023 |
India and Malaysia |
Pulai, Kluang, Malaysia |
September 2023
Exercise Name |
Conducted by/Countries |
Location |
IN-SLN Divex 23 (Mixed Gas Diving Training) |
India and Sri Lanka |
Trincomalee, a major port city on Sri Lanka’s east coast. |
Maritime Exercise “SIMBEX 2023” |
India and Singapore |
South China Sea |
India-Indonesia-Australia Trilateral Maritime Exercise |
India, Indonesia and Australia |
Indo-Pacific Region |
joint military exercise “Yudh Abhyas 2023” |
India and United States |
Alaska, USA |
Counter Terrorism Field Training Exercise “SMOA-Plus” |
Australia, China, India, Japan, New Zealand, the Republic of Korea, Russia and USA |
Primorsky Region of Russia |
Joint military exercise “Exercise BRIGHT STAR- 23” |
Total 34 Countries including India |
Mohammed Naguib Military Base in Egypt |
India & Sri Lanka PASSEX Exercise |
India and Sri Lanka |
Coast of Colombo, Sri Lanka |
Naval Exercise “Varuna-23” |
India and France |
Arabian Sea |
August 2023
Exercise Name |
Conducted by/Countries |
Location |
Passage Exercise (PASSEX) |
India and Saudi Arabia |
Red Sea Coast of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia |
Naval Exercise Zayed Talwar 2023 |
India & UAE |
Dubai |
Air Exercise BRIGHT STAR-23 |
India, Egypt, USA, Saudi Arabia, Greece, and Qatar |
Cairo (West) Air Base |
27th Malabar Naval Exercise 2023 |
India, Japan, US and Australia |
East Coast of Australia off Sydney |
Maritime Exercise AUSINDEX 2023 |
India and Australia |
Coast of Sydney |
Multilateral Air Exercise ‘Tarang Shakti’ |
India, France, United Kingdom (UK), Australia, USA, and Japan |
India |
Air Exercise Cope India-2023 |
India and USA |
Air Force Stations Kalaikunda,Panagarh of West Bengal, and Agra,Uttar Pradesh |
First joint training FALCON Shield-2023 |
China and UAE |
China’s Xinjiang |
July 2023
Exercise Name |
Conducted by/Countries |
Location |
Maritime Exercise JIMEX-23 |
Japan and India |
Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh |
Naval Exercise “SALVEX” |
India and USA |
Kochi, Kerala |
Joint Maritime Partnership Exercise (MPX) |
India and France |
Coast of Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh |
Joint Military Exercise Nomadic Elephant-23 |
India and Mongolia |
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia |
Exercise‘Operation Southern Readiness 2023 |
Seychelles and India |
Seychelles |
Air exercise ‘Tarang Shakti’ |
India, and United States, United Kingdom, France, and Australia |
India (Host Country) |
Talisman Sabre joint military exercises 2023 |
Australia and USA |
Queensland, Australia |
Han Kuang military exercises 2023 |
Annual military drills by Taiwan |
Taiwan |
June 2023
Exercise Name |
Conducted by/Countries |
Location |
Exercise “Ranvijay” |
Indian Air Force (IAF) |
Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh (UP) |
Agneyastra 1 |
Indian Army |
Eastern Ladakh |
Multinaional Joint Peacekeeping Exercise “Khaan Quest 2023” |
26 Countries including India, USA, Mongolia |
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia |
Multilateral Navel Exercise Komodo 2023 (MNEK 2023) |
36 Countries including USA, Australia, Brazil, Bangladesh, Canada, China and India. |
Makassar, South Sulawesi, Indonesia |
Bilateral Joint Military Exercise Ekuverian (12th edition) |
India and Maldives |
Kadhdhoo Island, Maldives |
1st Trilateral Maritime Partnership Exercise |
India, France and United Arab Emirates (UAE) |
Gulf of Oman |
Naval Exercise Ekatha (6th edition) |
India and Maldives |
Maldives |
Sudarshan Shakti 2023 |
South Western Command of India Army |
Rajasthan and Punjab |
Multinational Arctic Challenge Exercise 2023 (ACE-23) |
NATO member Countries, Finland, Norway and Sweden |
Luleå Kallax Air Base, Sweden / Örland Air Base, Norway / Rovaniemi and Pirkkala, Finland. |
May 2023
Defence Exercise |
Conducted by/Countries |
Location |
INIOCHOS-23 (Air exercise) |
Multi-national Exercise hosted by the Greece |
Andravida Air Base in the western Peloponnese |
ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations)-India Maritime Exercise (AIME-23) |
India and ASEAN Countries |
Changi Naval Base in Singapore |
‘Buland Bharat’, an integrated surveillance and firepower training Exercise |
Conducted by Indian Armed Forces |
Mandala High Altitude Firing Ranges in Arunachal Pradesh |
A mutual firefighting Exercise named ‘Agni Daman-23’ |
Conducted by civil and military agencies of firefighting |
Pune (Maharashtra) |
“Al Mohed Al Hindi 23“ (Naval Exercise) |
India and Saudi Arabia |
Arabian Sea and Gulf region |
Samudra Shakti-23 (Naval Exercise) |
India and Indonesia |
Batam, Indonesia |
35th Coordinated Patrol (CORPAT) Exercise |
India and Thailand |
International Maritime Boundary Line (IMBL) in the Andaman Sea |
April 2023
Defence Exercise |
Conducted by/Countries |
Location |
Exercise KAVACH |
Indian Armed forces (Army, Navy, Air Force) and Indian Coast Guard (ICG) |
Andaman and Nicobar Islands |
Naval Exercise SLINEX 2023 (10th Edition) |
India and Sri Lanka |
Colombo, Sri Lanka |
Offshore security exercise ‘Prasthan’ |
Indian Navy |
Mumbai, Maharashtra |
Multilateral Air Exercise – ‘Exercise Orion’ |
India, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, United Kingdom, Spain and the United States of America (USA) |
Mont-de-Marsan Airbase, France |
Exercise RSRE (Regional Search and Rescue exercise) |
Indian Coast Guard |
Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh |
Cope India Exercise 2023 |
India and USA |
Kalaikunda Airbase, West Bengal |
Multi-national Air Exercise – INIOCHOS-23 |
India and Greece |
Andravida Air Base, Greece |
Combat Exercises “Balikatan Drills” |
USA and Philippines |
South China Sea |
Regional Pollution Response Exercise (RPREX-2023) |
Indian Coast Guard (ISG) |
Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh |
“Locked Shields” Exercise |
NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence |
Estonia |
Coastal Security Exercise “Sagar Kavach” |
Indian Coast Guard (ICG) |
Coast of West Bengal |
Bilateral Exercise Ajeya Warrior 2023 |
India and United Kingdom (Britain) |
Salisbury Plains, UK |
March 2023
Defence Exercise |
Conducted by/Countries |
Location |
Joint Air Exercise Shinyuu Maitri |
India and Japan |
Komatsu, Japan |
8th Deterrence Strategy Committee Table-Top Exercise (DSC TTX) |
USA and South Korea |
Pentagon in Washington, D.C. |
Freedom Shield exercise and Warrior Shield FTX |
USA and South Korea |
The Korean Peninsula |
Joint Military Exercise FRINJEX-23 |
India and France |
Pangode Military Station, Kerala |
International Maritime Exercise/ Cutlass Express 2023 (IMX/CE-23) |
India and |
Gulf region |
TROPEX 2023 |
India and |
Arabian Sea |
Maritime Partnership Exercise (MPX) |
India and France |
Eastern Indian Ocean |
Exercise Chetak Chaukas |
Indian Army |
Punjab’s Bathinda |
Multilateral exercise La Perouse |
India, France, Japan and Australia |
Indian Ocean Region |
Exercise Bold Kurukshetra 2023 |
India and Singapore |
Jodhpur Military Station, India |
Joint exercise “Khanjar” 2023 |
India and Kyrgyzstan |
Kyrgyzstan |
Table top exercise 2023 |
Indian Coast Guard and Colombo Security Conclave |
Kolkata,West Bengal |
Naval Exercise “Al-Mohed-Al Hindi-23” |
India and Saudi Arabia |
Saudi Arabia’s Jubail |
Exercise Sea Dragon 23 |
India and USA |
Guam Island |
Field Training Exercise (Ex AFINDEX-2023) |
Africa-India |
Pune,Maharashtra |
Bilateral maritime exercise “Konkan 2023” |
India and United kingdom |
Konkan coast in the Arabian Sea |
Vayu Prahar |
Indian Army and the Indian Air force |
Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern command |
February 2023
Defence Exercise |
Conducted by/Countries |
Location |
Trishakti Prahar |
All Arms and services of the Indian Army |
North Bengal |
TARKASH |
India and USA |
Chennai, Tamil Nadu |
Desert Flag VIII |
Multilateral air exercise of UAE, India, France, Kuwait, Australia, UK, Bahrain, Morocco, Spain, the Republic of Korea, and the USA |
United Arab Emirates (UAE) |
Joint Military Exercise DUSTLIK 2023 |
India and Uzbekistan |
Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand |
Joint military exercise ‘Dharma Guardian |
Indian and Japan |
Camp Imazu in the Shiga province of Japan |
Indian Army’s Exercise “Topchi 2023” |
Indian Army |
School of Artillery at the Devlali field firing ranges, in Devlali, Nashik, Maharashtra |
January 2023
Defence Exercise |
Conducted by/Countries |
Location |
Air Exercise Veer Guardian-2023 |
India and Japan |
Hyakuri Air Base in Japan |
Air Exercise “Pralay” |
Indian Air Force (IAF) |
Air bases in the northeast |
Army Exercise “Cyclone-I” |
India and Egypt |
Jaisalmer in Rajasthan |
Tri service exercise “AMPHEX 2023” |
Indian Army, Indian Navy and Indian Air Force |
Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh |
“Ops Alert” exercise |
Border Security Force (BSF) |
Kutch district of Gujarat and Barmer in Rajasthan. |
Naval Exercise ‘Varuna 2023′ |
India and France |
West Coast of United States |