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Military Exercises - 2026 Tracker
This tracker logs India's 2026 military exercises one line each — partner, edition, place and dates, newest month first — and counts only those that an official Indian account shows opened or deployed for. The count stands at 24, the latest counted row being the Coast Guard's SAREX-2026, its 12th national maritime search-and-rescue exercise, held off Paradip, Odisha, on 8 October 2026 after MOUNTAIN GUARDIAN 2026 with the UAE opened at Chaubatia, Uttarakhand, on 5 October.
Last updated 8 October 20267 min read
Latest update
Counts SAREX-2026, the Coast Guard's 12th national maritime search-and-rescue exercise, held off Paradip on 8 October; the tally rises to 24.
- MILAN 2026
- Dharma Guardian
- Lamitiye
- Dustlik
- Sea Dragon
- Sanjha Shakti
- military exercises
- Indian Navy
- Samudra Laksamana
- Yudh Abhyas
- Colombo Security Conclave
- Dronathon
- INS Kulish
- INS Mysore
- Lokayan 2026
- INS Trishul
- PASSEX
- Egypt
- Alexandria
- SLINEX
- NOMADIC ELEPHANT
- ADMM-Plus
- VARUNA
- India-France
- Tarang Shakti
- KAZIND
- India-Kazakhstan
- tracker
- AIME
- ASEAN-India Maritime Exercise
- Philippines
- INS Sahyadri
- Toulon
- MOUNTAIN GUARDIAN 2026
- India-UAE exercise
- Chaubatia
- mountain warfare
- SAREX-2026
- Indian Coast Guard
- search and rescue
- Paradip
- NMSAR Board
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