The Indian Navy has started their largest combat exercise called “Tropex”, the theatre-level readiness and operational exercise which is taking place in the Bay of Bengal.
Over 50 Indian warships are partaking in the exercise, including the flagship of the Indian Navy, INS Viraat, and nuclear submarine INS Chakra.
The combined Eastern and Western Fleets are currently engaged in the “Tropex”, which will last for a month. The exercise will be conducted against the backdrop of two completely networked fleets operating in a dense maritime environment.
But what is new this year is that the month-long exercise is being held for the first time under the gaze of India's first dedicated military satellite GSAT-7 or "Rukmini", which has a 2,000-nautical mile footprint over the critical Indian Ocean region (IOR).
This geostationary naval communication and surveillance satellite, launched in August last year, is beaming signals from its UHF, S, Ku and C-band transponders to network all Indian warships, submarines and aircraft with operational centres ashore through high-speed encrypted data-links.
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