Exercise Bright Star 2025 | 01 Sep 2025
Indian Armed Forces personnel are participating in the 19th edition of Exercise Bright Star 2025, which is being held in Egypt.
- About: It is a biennial multilateral military exercise, recognized as one of the largest and longest-running tri-service drills in the Middle East–North Africa (MENA) region.
- Hosted by Egypt in partnership with the US since 1980, it has evolved from a bilateral US-Egypt initiative into a full-scale multilateral military exercise.
- Objective: It aims to enhance jointness and interoperability among participating nations, promote regional peace, security, and stability, and strengthen multi-domain warfare preparedness through joint training.
Other Key Multilateral Military Exercises Involving India:
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Exercise Name |
Hosting/Lead Countries (Along with India) |
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Malabar (Naval) |
US, Japan, Australia |
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MILAN (Naval) |
Indonesia, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand and several others |
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RIMPAC (Naval) |
US, Australia, Canada, Japan, India and several others |
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IBSAMAR (Naval) |
Brazil & South Africa |
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Read More: Major Military Exercises of India |