INS Trikand Visits Alexandria, Egypt, Participates in Exercise Bright Star

Indian naval stealth frigate INS Trikand visited Alexandria, Egypt, 1-10 September 2025, during her deployment to the Mediterranean Sea. The ship participated in Exercise Bright Star 2025, hosted by Egypt (September 1-10), which also saw participation by contingents from the Indian Army and the Indian Air Force.

Bright Star 2025 is a multilateral US Central Command exercise across the air, land, and sea domains that promotes and strengthens regional security and cooperation and enhances interoperability in irregular warfare against hybrid threat scenarios. Apart from the United States, Egypt, and India, forces from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Greece, Cyprus, and Italy also participated in the exercise.

However, before the exercise, INS Trikand also engaged in a host of activities to enhance bilateral and multilateral cooperation. These include discussions with senior military officials, cross deck visits, cultural exchanges, and sports fixtures to promote people-to-people connections.

With upcoming port calls in the region, key objectives of the operational deployment are professional naval engagements in the Mediterranean Sea to foster interoperability with partner maritime nations. These interactions aim to strengthen commonalities in procedures and to exchange best practices that would aid combined operations against traditional and non-traditional maritime threats.