Exercise Bright Star 2025 01 Sep 2025
Kartavya Desk Staff
Exercise Bright Star 2025
• 01 Sep 2025
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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.
• 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:
Exercise Name | Hosting/Lead Countries (Along with India)
Malabar (Naval) | US, Japan, Australia
MILAN (Naval) | Indonesia, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand and several others
RIMPAC (Naval) | US, Australia, Canada, Japan, India and several others
IBSAMAR (Naval) | Brazil & South Africa
Exercise Name
Hosting/Lead Countries (Along with India)
Malabar (Naval)
US, Japan, Australia
MILAN (Naval)
Indonesia, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand and several others
RIMPAC (Naval)
US, Australia, Canada, Japan, India and several others
IBSAMAR (Naval)
Brazil & South Africa
Read More: Major Military Exercises of India
Read More: Major Military Exercises of India