The debrief of Exercise Sea Vigil was held on 16 Apr 19. The debrief was chaired by Vice Admiral MS Pawar who highlighted the significant achievements during the exercise.
About:
Location: Exercise SEA VIGIL, a first of its kind, was undertaken along the entire 7516.6 km coastline and Exclusive Economic Zone of India.
Duration of exercise: 22-23 January 2019.
Stakeholders: It is involving all the 13 coastal States and Union Territories along with all maritime stakeholders, including the fishing and coastal communities.
Objective: To validate the efficacy of the measures taken since '26/11'.
Salient Features:
Exercise SEA VIGIL was the largest coastal defence exercise off the Indian coast.
It was a build up towards the major theatre level tri-service exercise TROPEX [Theatre-level Readiness Operational Exercise] which Indian Navy conducts every two years. SEA VIGIL and TROPEX together will cover the entire maritime security.
The exercise involved both seaward and shore-based monitoring.
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