In an unprecedented event, troops of the three armed forces have carried out a military exercise with a scenario to recapture an island in the Andaman and Nicobar archipelago
Called "Defence of Andaman and Nicobar Islands Exercise (DANX)", the five-day tri-services - Army, Navy and the Indian Air Force - exercise ended today. This was the first-ever such exercise to prepare for a contingency at this scale on the islands located in the Bay of Bengal and very close to the vital Straits
of Malacca though which passes more than 50 per cent of the world trade volume.
The main objective of the exercise was to practice and validate procedures and drills of all command forces aimed at defending Andaman and Nicobar Islands. From mainland India flew in fighter jets, Special Forces on board a military transport plane, the C-130-J, warships capable of doing amphibious landing of armed troops and armoured troop carriers.
The highlights of the exercise were fighter operations, night para-jumps at sea, slithering of troops from helicopters and amphibious landings of troops by ships.
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