{"id":346364,"date":"2025-09-16T18:03:22","date_gmt":"2025-09-16T12:33:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=346364"},"modified":"2025-09-16T18:03:22","modified_gmt":"2025-09-16T12:33:22","slug":"exercise-pacific-reach-2025-xpr-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/exercise-pacific-reach-2025-xpr-25\/","title":{"rendered":"Exercise Pacific Reach 2025 (XPR 25)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>News<\/strong>: India is participating in Exercise Pacific Reach 2025 (XPR 25), commencing on 15 September 2025, under Eastern Fleet command.<\/p>\n<h2>About Exercise Pacific Reach 2025 (XPR 25)<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_346366\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-346366\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-346366\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Source-AIR-1.jpg?resize=300%2C149&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"149\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Source-AIR-1.jpg?resize=300%2C149&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Source-AIR-1.jpg?resize=1024%2C508&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Source-AIR-1.jpg?resize=768%2C381&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Source-AIR-1.jpg?resize=1536%2C763&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Source-AIR-1.jpg?resize=1568%2C779&amp;ssl=1 1568w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Source-AIR-1.jpg?w=1744&amp;ssl=1 1744w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-346366\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source &#8211; AIR<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>XPR 25 is a <strong>biennial submarine rescue exercise<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It is <strong>hosted by Singapore<\/strong> with <strong>40+ nations as participants or observers<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>The exercise will mainly be conducted in <strong>two phases:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Harbour phase:<\/strong> This phase will involve in-depth discussions on submarine rescue systems, Subject Matter Expert Exchanges (SMEE), medical symposium and cross deck visits between the participating nations.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sea phase:<\/strong> This phase of the exercise would witness INS Nistar and SRU(E) engaging in multiple intervention and rescue operations with participating assets in South China Sea.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Location<\/strong>: XPR 25 is hosted by Singapore, with a <strong>harbour phase in Singapore<\/strong> and a <strong>sea phase in the South China Sea<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>About INS Nistar<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Type and status:<\/strong> Latest <strong>indigenously designed and constructed<\/strong> Diving Support Vessel (DSV) of the Indian Navy.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Commissioning:<\/strong> <strong>18 July 2025.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Command:<\/strong> Functions under the <strong>Flag Officer Commanding Eastern Fleet<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Role in XPR 25:<\/strong> Will act as <strong>mothership (MoSHIP) for the Deep Submergence Rescue Vehicle (DSRV)<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Key onboard capabilities:<\/strong> It has- <strong>Side Scan Sonar<\/strong>, <strong>work-class and observation-class ROVs<\/strong>, and <strong>expansive deep-sea diving systems<\/strong>. It is capable of <strong>rescue operations till depths of 650 meters<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: India is participating in Exercise Pacific Reach 2025 (XPR 25), commencing on 15 September 2025, under Eastern Fleet command. About Exercise Pacific Reach 2025 (XPR 25) XPR 25 is a biennial submarine rescue exercise It is hosted by Singapore with 40+ nations as participants or observers. The exercise will mainly be conducted in two&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/exercise-pacific-reach-2025-xpr-25\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Exercise Pacific Reach 2025 (XPR 25)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10393,"featured_media":0,"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-346364","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-defence-exercises","category-knolls","tag-9pm-daily-factly","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/346364","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\/10393"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=346364"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/346364\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=346364"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=346364"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=346364"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}