Exercise Trishul 2025 Ends; From Thar To Kutch, Tri-Services Showcase Joint Combat Power With 30,000 Troops

India’s premier Tri-Services Exercise Trishul 2025 wrapped up with high-tempo joint operations, after an intensive multi-domain operational cycle spanning Rajasthan, Gujarat, and the North Arabian Sea from November 3–7, 2025. Indian Navy under the aegis of Western Naval Command, executed the drills in close coordination with the Southern Command of the Indian Army and South Western Air Command of the IAF.

Tri-Service Exercise Trishul, validating the country’s joint war-fighting architecture at scale, saw participation from more than 30,000 personnel, 20–25 naval surface and subsurface assets, amphibious platforms, and 40+ IAF aircraft. Multiple central agencies, including the Indian Coast Guard and BSF, also joined, strengthening inter-agency interoperability.

Indian Navy described the drill as a testbed of “complex scenarios and synchronised multi-domain operations”, highlighting India’s growing emphasis on Jointness, Atmanirbharta, and Innovation. In a post on X, it said that the exercises led to enhancement of operational synergy and integration and validation of joint SOPs.

Akhand Prahar and desert drills anchor Trishul’s land component

A key highlight within Trishul 2025 was the Army’s major field exercise Akhand Prahar, conducted by the Konark Corps in the Jaisalmer sector as part of Southern Command’s ongoing desert-warfare series MaruJwala and Akhand Prahaar.

Lt Gen Dhiraj Seth, General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Southern Command, reviewed the operational preparedness of the Konark Corps and integrated formations during high-tempo manoeuvres. He witnessed combined arms manoeuvres executed in joint coordination with the IAF, validation of mechanised–aviation integration, refinement of Tactics, Techniques and Procedures (TTPs) under realistic battlefield conditions.

Additionally, he also saw the employment of next-generation systems, including indigenous drones, counter-drone solutions, and advanced force protection platforms. Lt Gen Seth also assessed battlefield innovations developed by the Battle Axe Division and Konark Corps, praising their indigenous technological solutions and field adaptability.

“Exercise Akhand Prahar reaffirms the Indian Army’s focus on the JAI mantra—Jointness, Atmanirbharta, Innovation,” he noted, underscoring the Southern Command’s role in driving transformation across the multi-domain battlespace.

Aviation–mechanised synergy on display

As part of Trishul’s integrated operations, aviation assets of the Thar Raptor Brigade, supported by mechanised formations of Sudarshan Chakra and Konark Corps, executed surveillance and reconnaissance missions; special heliborne operations; rapid troop insertions; close-support manoeuvres; high-mobility combined arms thrusts.

These joint drills stressed fluid coordination between ground and air elements to generate rapid combat effects.

Strengthening joint war-fighting doctrine

Tri Service Exercise 2025 served as a large-scale validation of joint SOPs, interoperability across the three services, integrated logistics and communications, test-firing and deployment of indigenous weapon systems, joint networked decision-making under contested conditions.

Participation of agencies such as the Coast Guard and BSF further reinforced India’s widening multi-agency approach to national security.

Exercise Trishul 2025: How it marked major step in joint combat readiness

With the culmination of Trishul 2025, India has reaffirmed its capability to execute synchronised, multi-domain, mission-ready operations while showcasing a decisive shift toward self-reliance, technology infusion, and future-ready warfighting models.

The integration of large-scale tri-service manoeuvres with formation-level exercises like Akhand Prahar underscores India’s evolving joint force posture, that we are geared to meet emerging threats across land, air, sea, and the information domain.