US EditionU.K. and India Launch Historic Carrier Strike Group Exercise Konkan
Exercise Konkan-25 enhances interoperability between Indian and UK navies with frontline assets including aircraft carriers and submarines, reinforcing strategic maritime cooperation.
- On October 5, the Indian Navy and the Royal Navy began the eight-day Exercise Konkan-25 off the western coast of India, running October 5 to 12.
- Structured in harbour and sea phases, Konkan-25 aims to consolidate strategic ties and enhance interoperability through professional exchanges and operational drills.
- The UK Carrier Strike Group, centred on HMS Prince of Wales, a 65,000 tonnes Queen Elizabeth‑class carrier, operates alongside India’s carrier battle group led by INS Vikrant and partner ships JS Akebono and HNoMS Roald Amundsen this year.
- After the exercise concludes, the UK CSG will join a one-day aerial defence drill with the Indian Air Force off India’s west coast on October 14 and make port calls in Mumbai and Goa.
- Marking a first, the exercise brings together both nations’ full Carrier Strike Groups, linked to Operation Highmast, supported by 12 other nations and officials framing it to uphold freedom of navigation and Indo-Pacific stability.
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Carriers INS Vikrant, HMS Prince of Wales lead 8-day Indo-UK naval exercise off Western coast
India’s Western fleet units led by aircraft carrier INS Vikrant and the UK carrier strike group led by HMS Prince of Wales are taking part in the bilateral exercise, Konkan-25, which will go on till October 12.
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