{"id":330130,"date":"2025-03-19T15:00:33","date_gmt":"2025-03-19T09:30:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=330130"},"modified":"2025-03-20T14:05:07","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T08:35:07","slug":"exercise-varuna-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/exercise-varuna-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Exercise Varuna 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>News<\/strong>&#8211; The Indian and French Navies are preparing for the 23rd edition of their bilateral naval <strong>exercise, VARUNA 2025.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-330305 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Exercise-Varuna-2025.png?resize=568%2C377&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Exercise Varuna 2025\" width=\"568\" height=\"377\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Exercise-Varuna-2025.png?resize=300%2C199&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Exercise-Varuna-2025.png?resize=1024%2C680&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Exercise-Varuna-2025.png?resize=768%2C510&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Exercise-Varuna-2025.png?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 568px) 100vw, 568px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>About Exercise Varuna<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It is a bilateral naval exercise between India and France.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Started in<\/strong>: 1993.The exercise was named \u2018VARUNA\u2019 in 2001.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Varuna 2025 key highlights<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>It is the <em>23rd edition <\/em>of the exercise and will take place in the <em>Arabian Sea.<\/em><\/li>\n<li>The exercise will focus on joint operations across sub-surface, surface, and aerial domains, reinforcing interoperability between the two navies.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Aircraft carriers in action<\/strong>: The Indian Navy\u2019s <em>INS Vikrant<\/em> and the French Navy\u2019s <em>Charles de Gaulle<\/em> will participate. They will be joined by fighter aircraft, destroyers, frigates, and an Indian Scorpene-class submarine, showcasing the operational strength of both forces.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Advanced air defence drills<\/strong>: The exercise will feature mock air-to-air combat scenarios, pitting <em>French Rafale-M fighters<\/em> against <em>Indian MiG-29K jets<\/em>, enhancing tactical coordination and combat readiness.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<table style=\"width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; border-style: solid; background-color: #ffffff;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Other Exercises between India and France<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Exercise Garuda<\/strong>: It is a <em>bilateral exercise<\/em> between the Indian and French Air Force.The first edition of the exercise was held in 2003.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Exercise SHAKTI<\/strong>: It is a <em>biennial military exercise<\/em> conducted between India and France.It was first conducted in the year 2011.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Exercise La P\u00e9rouse<\/strong>: It is a <em>multilateral maritime<\/em> exercise led by the French Navy. The Indian Navy participated in this exercise for the first time in 2021.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News&#8211; The Indian and French Navies are preparing for the 23rd edition of their bilateral naval exercise, VARUNA 2025. About Exercise Varuna It is a bilateral naval exercise between India and France. Started in: 1993.The exercise was named \u2018VARUNA\u2019 in 2001. Varuna 2025 key highlights It is the 23rd edition of the exercise and will&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/exercise-varuna-2025\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Exercise Varuna 2025<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10367,"featured_media":330305,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,11204,12039],"tags":[11872],"class_list":["post-330130","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-defence-exercises","category-knolls","tag-9pm-daily-factly","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Exercise-Varuna-2025.png?fit=1280%2C850&ssl=1","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/330130","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10367"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=330130"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/330130\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/330305"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=330130"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=330130"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=330130"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}