Exercise Sea Spark

Exercise Sea Spark is the codename of a series of major naval exercises conducted by the Pakistan Navy to simulate naval warfare and the protection of the country's maritime border.

Operation Readiness
The exercise took place in the North Arabian Sea and started on 17 September 2012. The navy officials stressed that exercises were aimed at assessing "operational readiness" and providing an opportunity to the officers and sailors to operate in a multi-threat environment and to exercise their responses accordingly.

Deployment
The navy deployed all active-duty combatant ships, submarines, fighter jets and the special operations forces, including the entire division of Marines and the naval establishments to cover the entire gamut of naval operations. The exercise also included the joint involvement of the army and air force for the special joint operations. The navy put special emphasis on conventional and non-conventional war games, including the features of army (designated the "Blue forces") and air force (designated the Orange forces) pitching against navy (to determine the naval capabilities in joint operations) in specific threat environment.