MIG-29K vs. F-35 is kept above the Arabic Sea, and then Flying Royal Navy's F-35, Konkan-2025 practice begins

Last updated: 05 October 2025, 19:54 IST Konkan 2025: This exercise between India and the British Royal Navy will strengthen strategic relations between the two countries. The two will serve as a platform to increase the coordination between the fleet and contribute to the local maritime stability. Royal Navy Practice with the Indian Navy Competition-2025: Bilateral Exercise between the Indian Navy and the Royal Navy, Konkan-25 has begun. For the first time, the Indian indigenous aircraft career-ins Vikrant and the British Career Task Group (UK CSG-25), HMS Prince of Wales, will show their strength. Norway and Japan’s naval assets will also be present for the first time in this exercise, which began on October 5 on the West Coast of India. The practice is performed in two phases – 5 to 12 October 2025. The first phase is hawapase and the second is C phase. In the harbor phase, a conversation between the officers and staff of both the Navies, the meeting of the Joint Working Group and the drawing in the sea phase will be prepared. In addition, visits to the deck, sports competitions and cultural programs will also be arranged. The real strength will be seen in the sea phase, in the C-phase of Konkan-2025, complex will be focused on merit operational drills. It will perform anti-air, anti-surfaces and anti-labor exercises, flying operations and other fleet activities. India and the British Royal Navy participate in this exercise, including aircraft carriers, destroyers, frigates, submarines and noisy air assets. In the practice of this year, the participation of Navy Sources of Norway and Japan led by British Carrier Strike Group (UK CSG-25), HMS Prince of Wales made the practice even more important. After the Konkan-2025 ended with the Indian Navy, the Career Strike Group will be practicing with the Indian Air Force on October 14. Then the F-35 of the Royal Navy will take the takeoff in this exercise, there will be an opportunity to show its ability and share their strategies between the Indian career fighting group and the Royal Navy’s career strike. Ins will fly from Vikrant to MIG-29K, while HMS F-35 will fly from Prince of Wales. In June this year, Passex practice took place between the Navy of India and the United Kingdom. This is the time when the US hits Iran’s nuclear plants. At the time, HMS Prince of Wales was present in the Arab Sea. Meanwhile, an F-35 flew out of the Royal Navy’s career, but he couldn’t return to his career. An UK F-35B fighter plane ended up in an emergency at the Trivandrum Airport in Kerala on June 14 at an emergency. The reason was told that there was a lack of fuel in the plane. The next day it was filled with fuel, but he still couldn’t fly because there was a technical error in it. After 37 days in India, the UK’s F-35 fighter plane could fly from Trivandrum Airport on July 22. Click here to add News18 as your favorite news source on Google. First published: 05 October 2025, 19:54 IST Homenation will be above the Arab Sea.