“KAVACH” and “AMPHEX-21

Context: Joint Military Exercise in Andaman Sea.

• Towards enhancing joint operational readiness, Indian Armed Forces conducted a large-scale conjoint military training exercise “KAVACH” alongwith “AMPHEX-21” in the Andaman Sea and Bay of Bengal.
• The exercise was conducted under the aegis of Andaman and Nicobar Command (ANC) with participation of Eastern Naval Command (ENC) and Army Southern Command (SC) involving assets of Army, Navy, Air Force and Coast Guard.
• It aim to validate air dominance and maritime strike capability within the area of interest in Indian Ocean Region (IOR).
• The exercise also validated joint capabilities of intelligence gathering from space, air, land and sea based assets, its synthesis, analysis and near real time sharing to achieve battle field transparency for quick decision making.
• The joint force executed multi-domain, high intensity offensive and defensive manoeuvres in the Andaman Sea and Bay of Bengal.
• The tri-services exercise fine-tuned joint war fighting capabilities and Standard Operating Procedures towards enhancing operational synergy.

AMPHEX – 21

• A large-scale tri-service joint amphibious exercise AMPHEX – 21 was conducted in Andaman & Nicobar group of islands from 21 – 25 Jan 2021.
• The exercise was aimed at validating India’s capabilities to safeguard the territorial integrity of it’s island territories.
• Ex KAVACH for defence of Andaman & Nicobar Islands formed a part of AMPHEX – 21.

https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1692108