{"id":19192,"date":"2025-03-22T07:58:17","date_gmt":"2025-03-22T02:28:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=19192"},"modified":"2025-04-05T15:52:39","modified_gmt":"2025-04-05T10:22:39","slug":"exercise-sea-dragon-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/exercise-sea-dragon-24\/","title":{"rendered":"Exercise Sea Dragon 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Exercise Sea Dragon 2025 Latest News<\/h2>\n<p>The Indian Navy recently participated in the Sea Dragon 2025 exercise.<\/p>\n<h2>About Exercise Sea Dragon<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It is a <strong>multinational anti-submarine warfare (ASW) <\/strong>drill conducted annually to strengthen maritime security and cooperation among allied nations in the<strong> Indo-Pacific region.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Hosted by the United States Navy\u2019s 7th Fleet at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam<\/strong>, this exercise focuses on detecting, tracking, and countering submarine threats, a crucial capability given the rising tensions in the region.<\/li>\n<li>It is an intensive,<strong> highly technical military drill<\/strong> that involves both theoretical and practical <strong>ASW training<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Participating nations deploy their <strong>maritime patrol and reconnaissance aircraft (MPRA), <\/strong>which are equipped with advanced sensors and sonobuoys designed to track submarines.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>The training includes mock drills, tactical discussions, and live submarine detection exercises, allowing crews to sharpen their ability to locate and neutralise enemy submarines in real-world scenarios.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Originally a bilateral naval drill between the US and Australia<\/strong> in 2019, the Sea Dragon exercise has<strong> expanded to include key allies, including India \u2013<\/strong> which<strong> joined in 2021.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Sea Dragon 2025:<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>This year the exercise focused on improving <strong>ASW tactics, <\/strong>interoperability, and multinational coordination in the Indo-Pacific region. The exercise included:\n<ul>\n<li>Mobile ASW training target drills using the MK-30 \u2018SLED\u2019.<\/li>\n<li>A live ASWEX exercise, where participants tracked a US Navy submarine.<\/li>\n<li>A competitive phase, where aircrews were graded on ASW effectiveness.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>It included <strong>Australia, Japan, South Korea, and the United States,<\/strong> with <strong>India <\/strong>participating for the fourth consecutive year.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Exercise Sea Dragon 2025 FAQs<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Q1<\/strong>. What is the primary focus of Exercise Sea Dragon?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans<\/strong>. Anti-submarine warfare (ASW) drills<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q2<\/strong>. When did India join the Exercise Sea Dragon?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans<\/strong>. 2021<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q3<\/strong>. Which countries participated in Sea Dragon 2025?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans<\/strong>. US, Australia, Japan, South Korea, and India.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.business-standard.com\/external-affairs-defence-security\/news\/indian-navy-us-sea-dragon-2025-anti-submarine-warfare-explained-125032000802_1.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">BS<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Exercise Sea Dragon 2025 is a multinational anti-submarine warfare (ASW) drill, enhancing cooperation and skills among global naval forces.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":19193,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-19192","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19192","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19192"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19192\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19193"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19192"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19192"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19192"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}