Amazon Daily Quiz (February 5, 2021): Which of these is the name of a coastal defence exercise conducted by the Indian Navy in January 2021?
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The options are:
-Sea Vigil-21
-Sea Trek-21
-Sea Survey-21
-Sea Explorer-21
Answer: Sea Vigil-21
Exercise Sea Vigil, the two day coastal defence exercise was conducted on 12th and 13th of January 2021.
The conceptual and geographical expanse of Sea Vigil included the entire coastline and EEZ of the country and contingencies from Peace to War-time were exercised. Also, mitigation measures, on shore, in case of any breach in coastal security were also validated.
It involved deployment of the entire coastal security apparatus and more than 110 surface assets of Indian Navy (IN) and Coast Guard (CG) participated in the exercise.
In addition, a huge number of Marine Police and Customs assets were also deployed. The complete coastline was kept under surveillance by the IN and CG aircraft, and helicopters were also pressed into service to reinforce Special Operations personnel operating onboard offshore platforms.
