Indian Navy hosted the four-day Operation Southern Readiness 26-2 at Southern Naval Command, Kochi
First time India has hosted this multinational maritime security exercise
Conducted with Combined Maritime Forces (CMF); Indian Navy leads Combined Task Force 154 (CTF 154)
Over 250 participants from more than two dozen nations, plus facilitators and delegates from four international organisations
Multinational naval partnership for maritime security in the Indian Ocean, Red Sea, Gulf and Arabian Sea region
CMF task force focused on maritime capacity-building and interoperability, currently led by the Indian Navy
GS Paper III > Defence > Maritime Security / Joint Exercises
Combined Task Force 154, a Combined Maritime Forces task force currently led by the Indian Navy, focused on maritime capacity-building
A multinational naval partnership headquartered in Bahrain, focused on maritime security