Amphex 2025: Amphibious exercise by Army’s Southern Command, Navy, IAF underway at Karwar

Every 2 years, the integrated workout witnesses the information of Navy’s amphibious ships, including Large Platform Dock, Landing Ships and Landing Crafts, on with Marine Commandos (MARCOS), helicopters and aircraft. The Army participates successful the workout with troops from the Special Forces, Artillery and Armoured vehicles, portion the Indian Air Force (IAF) deployed combatant and transport assets for the exercise.

The lawsuit was witnessed by Lt Gen Johnson P Mathew, Chief of Integrated Defence Staff to the Chairman Chiefs of Staff Committee, the 3 Vice Chiefs of Army, Navy and Air Force, General Officer Commanding Bison Division and different elder dignitaries from tri-services.

A station connected X by Army’s Southern Command read, “Amphibious warriors of Sudarshan Chakra Corps, alongside the Indian Navy, are conducting seamless drills during the Tri Services biennial workout Amphex 25 astatine Karwar. Showcasing a unified attack to mobilisation, meticulous readying and the execution of analyzable amphibious operations, the workout marks a important measurement successful jointmanship. It reinforces operational synergy and excellence successful integrated warfare.”

Another station by the Southern Command read, “Validation signifier of Amphex 25 showcasing precocious standards of operational resoluteness, Seamless synergy, jointmanship and combat punch culminated with bold and imaginative exertion of Integrated Amphibious Task Force. Speed and daze effect by onshore unit utilizing unit multipliers was evident connected the people end.”

Amphex coincides with Navy’s Theatre-level Readiness Operational Exercise (Tropex).
Navy shared connected X that Amphex 25 showcased seamless coordination, rigorous training, and integrated ngo readying by the amphibious ‘Bisons’ of Sudarshan Chakra Corps of the Southern Command and ships of the Navy.

“Amphibious landing, an embodiment of associated operations. Onboard INS Jalashwa, the elder officers witnessed an amphibious landing by the 91 Infantry Brigade. The workout progressed done bunker busting, combat escaped autumn by Marine Commandos of the Indian Navy, and the landing of troops and BMPs (Infantry Fighting Vehicles) by Landing Craft Mechanised and Landing Craft Assault, culminating successful the constitution of a beachhead,” the Navy stated.

The behaviour and Tropex and Amphex besides witnessed Lt Gen Johnson P Mathew on with Vice Chief of Army Staff Lt Gen NS Raja Subramani, Vice Chief of Naval Staff Vice Admiral K Swaminathan, Vice Chief of Air Staff Air Marshal SP Dharkar and Lt Gen Ajay Kumar, Director General Infantry embarking connected aircraft-carrier INS Vikrant disconnected the West seashore connected January 30, to witnesser associated signifier of Tropex.

The sojourn was aimed astatine providing an penetration to the elder hierarchy connected maritime operations. Further, Vice Chief of Air Staff Air Marshal S P Dharkar embarked connected INS Vikrant successful a Mig 29K trainer aircraft.

The overnight oversea sortie was portion of Tropex and Amphex wherever associated operations betwixt the Navy, Army and Air Force were conducted.