January 26 , 2019
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- The Indian Navy has commenced its largest-ever coastal defence exercise - ‘Sea Vigil’-off the Indian coast, ten years after the "26/11" attack.
- Navy had undertaken biannual coastal security exercises at the level of states previously.
- But it is for the first time an exercise involving all coastal states, island territories and all central and state agencies has been undertaken.
- The exercise is a build up towards the major theatre level tri-service exercise TROPEX which Indian Navy conducts every 2 years.
- It aims to comprehensively and holistically validate the efficacy of the measures taken since the '26/11' attack in Mumbai.
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