Exercise Poorvi Lehar 

Indian Navy conducted exercise Poorvi Lehar on the East Coast of India. 

Key Highlights 

• It is a maritime exercise conducted by the Indian Navy along the East Coast.  
• Aim: To access Indian Navy’s preparedness and ability to tackle Maritime Security challenges in the region by testing its procedures. 
• Participants: Eastern Naval Command, Indian Air Force (IAF), Andaman & Nicobar Command and Indian Coast Guard. 
• This demonstrated a very high degree of interoperability amongst the defence services. 
• The exercise was conducted in multiple phases :  

(i) Tactical Phase: combat training in a realistic scenario 

(ii) Weapon Phase: During weapon phase various firings were conducted towards reaffirming Indian Navy’s capability to hit targets accurately. 

• It has also helped in maintaining continuous Maritime Domain Awareness throughout the Area of operations by using aircraft from diverse locations.