NEW DELHI, Nov. 9 -- The tri-services exercise, Trishul, is in full swing in the country's western sector and the Arabian Sea, and will culminate next week with large-scale amphibious drills off the Saurashtra coast in Gujarat, officials aware of the matter said on Saturday. The two-week exercise, which began on October 30, seeks to test the military's operational readiness and boost synergy among the three services and other organisations. It involves tens of thousands of soldiers, fighter jets, warships, submarines, tanks, artillery guns and other weapons and systems. Different elements of the overarching exercise are unfolding in a series of drills being conducted across Rajasthan, Gujarat and the Arabian Sea, the officials said, asking not to be named. One of the officials cited above said the army, navy, air force, coast guard, and the Border Security Force are carrying out a joint exercise in the Kutch sector to rehearse integrated operational capability in close coordination with civil administration, reflecting military-civil fusion approach to national security. In Rajasthan, the army's Southern Command formations are undertaking integrated manoeuvres to validate combined arms operations, mobility, and joint fire integration under realistic conditions, a second official said. "The training will culminate in a mega combat exercise validating precision targeting and multi-domain coordination, reaffirming the army's commitment to transformation through rigorous training and operational validation." It is the first major military exercise after the four-day military confrontation with Pakistan in May under Operation Sindoor, which marked New Delhi's direct military response to the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack in which 26 people were killed....