{"id":50164,"date":"2025-06-13T11:04:41","date_gmt":"2025-06-13T05:34:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=50164"},"modified":"2025-06-13T14:29:26","modified_gmt":"2025-06-13T08:59:26","slug":"passage-exercise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/passage-exercise\/","title":{"rendered":"Passage Exercise"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Passage Exercise Latest News<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, the Passage Exercise (PASSEX) was conducted in the North Arabian Sea.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">About Passage Exercise<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was conducted by the <\/span><b>Indian Navy and the United Kingdom.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It featured Indian naval assets including the <\/span><b>stealth frigate INS Tabar, a submarine<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and the long-range maritime patrol aircraft P-8I. The UK&#8217;s naval contingent included HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Richmond.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The exercise highlighted <\/span><b>advanced operational coordination<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and interoperability between the two forces.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With synchr<\/span><b>onised tactical manoeuvres <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and unified helicopter control operations, both navies demonstrated their readiness and high-end combat capabilities.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The exercise served as a testament to the operational strength and combat preparedness of Indian naval units, both surface and underwater.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Indian <\/span><b>submarines and warships<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> were instrumental in executing complex maritime tasks during the operation, earning them recognition as some of the most capable units globally.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The joint PASSEX carries strategic significance due to its location.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>North Arabian<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Sea remains a <\/span><b>critical maritime corridor for global trade,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> including essential energy shipments.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Conducting joint drills in this region reflects a shared commitment by India and the United Kingdom to maintaining maritime stability, safeguarding sea lines of communication, and projecting a credible naval presence in the Indo-Pacific.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatoday.in\/india\/story\/indian-navy-uk-carrier-strike-group-conduct-high-tempo-drill-north-arabian-sea-2739424-2025-06-12\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">IT<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Passage Exercise is a joint naval drill conducted by the Indian Navy and the United Kingdom to enhance maritime cooperation and operational interoperability.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":50155,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[827,21,22,23],"class_list":{"0":"post-50164","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"tag-passage-exercise","9":"tag-prelims-pointers","10":"tag-upsc-current-affairs","11":"tag-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","12":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50164","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\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50164"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50164\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50155"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50164"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50164"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50164"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}