Sea Vigil 2021

Context: Maritime security, coastal defence exercise begins.

Sea Vigil 2021

• The Sea Vigil 2021, a biennial exercise that began in January 2019.
• It will be undertaken along the entire 7516 km coastline and Exclusive Economic Zone of India and will involve all the 13 coastal States and Union Territories along with other maritime stakeholders, including the fishing and coastal communities”.
• The exercise is a build up towards the major Theatre-level exercise TROPEX (Theatre-level Readiness Operational Exercise)” conducted by the Navy every two years.
• “Sea Vigil and TROPEX together will cover the entire spectrum of maritime security challenges, including transition from peace to conflict.
• Sea Vigil 21 “will provide a realistic assessment of our strengths and weaknesses and thus will help in further strengthening maritime and national security”.
• The entire coastal security set up was reorganised after the 26/11 Terror attack at Mumbai which was launched via the sea route”.
• Effectiveness of the fishing community in serving as the eyes and ears for early warning of threats will also be assessed during the exercise.

https://indianexpress.com/article/india/maritime-security-coastal-defence-exercise-begins-7142537/