The Sagar Shakti Exercise was held from November 19 to 22, 2021 in creek sector of the Kutch peninsula.

Key Points

• It was a four-day mega military exercise.
• During the exercise, capability and readiness of India to confront any multidimensional security threat was elaborately tested.

Participants of the exercise

• The exercise witnessed participation of the Indian Army, Indian Air Force, Indian Navy, Indian Coast Guard, Gujarat Police, Border Security Force, and the Marine Police.
• Southern Command of Indian Army organised high-intensity exercise with the aim of testing combat readiness of the agencies in real-time.
• Exercise also involved the insertion of troops and complex manoeuvres by forces to deal with any possible security challenges simultaneously in land, water and air domain, in an integrated manner.
• During the exercise, agencies practiced ‘comprehensive coordination incorporating contemporary technology for including response mechanism in real-time communication, multi-domain environment’ as well as sharing of operational data in order to overcome emerging multi-dimensional threats.
• Participating agencies also deployed key assets in the exercise in order to simulate ways of combating several threats that India might face.