Question

Exercise Sea Vigil is linked to which of the following :

1) TROPEX [Theatre- level Readiness Operational Exercise]
2) Exercise Cutlass
3) 'PASSEX' exercise

• A. 1 and 3
• B. 3 only
• C. 1, 2 and 3
• D. 1 only

Answer 1

The correct option is D 1 only

The Indian Navy and Coast Guard coordinated the largest coastal defence exercise - Exercise Sea Vigil off the Indian coast. The exercise is a part of the major theatre level tri-service exercise TROPEX [Theatre- level Readiness Operational Exercise] which the Indian Navy conducts every two years. It was simultaneously undertaken on the eastern and western coasts to check coastal safety measures put into place after the November 2008 Mumbai attacks.