Aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya; centre, taking party in Indian Navy’s Theatre Level Exercise, TROPEX 2017. (Source: Twitter/@indiannavy) Aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya; centre, taking party in Indian Navy’s Theatre Level Exercise, TROPEX 2017. (Source: Twitter/@indiannavy)Aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya backed by nuclear submarine INS Chakra besides fighting assets of the Indian Navy and Coast Guard have come together in the country’s biggest inter-service ‘Tropex’ exercise along the western seaboard. The navy’s annual Theatre Readiness Operational Exercise (TROPEX) got underway on January 24. The exercise is aimed at testing combat readiness of the combined fleets of the Indian Navy, and the assets of the Indian Air Force, Indian Army and the Indian Coast Guard.

Source: Indian Express January 27, 2017 14:11 UTC