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30 JANUARY 2012
The Indian Army will conduct bilateral joint exercises with US, Russia and France besides Bangladesh and Singapore this year with special focus on urban terrorism and counter-insurgency operations.
Global powers like the US and Russia are keen to learn from nearly 50 years experience of the Indian Army in fighting insurgency in all kinds of terrain be it mountains of Jammu and Kashmir or dense jungles of the North East, sources said here on Sunday.
The war games with Singapore will take place in Babina near Jhansi in March and the exercise is name Bold Kurukshetra. The two sides will field their mechanised forces in the training drill. Incidentally, Singapore conducts its own air force exercises in India nearly every year due to paucity of air space in their country.
Sources said the planners were working out schedule and nature of exercises with other countries with special focus on anti-terrorism operations. India in the past had carried out joint exercises with the US and Russia on this issue in India and respective countries and Indian performance was rated high by the US and Russia.
The exercise with the US named Yudh Abhyas this year will see mechanised forces of the two countries conducting complex drills in the deserts of Rajasthan. The countries will field their frontline tanks and perform offensive and defensive manouvres, officials said. The last exercise of this nature was held in 2009.
Sources said foreign countries were keen to come to India for joint exercises due to diversity of terrain, weather and vast operational experience of the Indian armed forces. These exercises helped the participating countries to enhance synergy and expose the participants to operational philosophy of each others army.
However, joint exercises with China were yet to come to drawing board stage after India suspended defence relations last year with its eastern neighbour when it refused visa to then Northern Command chief Lt. General BS Jaswal. Beijing questioned the status of Jammu and Kashmir while rejecting his visa for an official visit.
Relations were restored late last year and a Chinese military delegation visited India and a reciprocal visit will take place shortly. As regards joint exercises, India and China have held two such exercises in the last four years. While the first exercise in 2008 was held in China, the next exercise was held in India the next year.
Global players keen to emulate Indian Army
The Indian Army will conduct bilateral joint exercises with US, Russia and France besides Bangladesh and Singapore this year with special focus on urban terrorism and counter-insurgency operations.
Global powers like the US and Russia are keen to learn from nearly 50 years experience of the Indian Army in fighting insurgency in all kinds of terrain be it mountains of Jammu and Kashmir or dense jungles of the North East, sources said here on Sunday.
The war games with Singapore will take place in Babina near Jhansi in March and the exercise is name Bold Kurukshetra. The two sides will field their mechanised forces in the training drill. Incidentally, Singapore conducts its own air force exercises in India nearly every year due to paucity of air space in their country.
Sources said the planners were working out schedule and nature of exercises with other countries with special focus on anti-terrorism operations. India in the past had carried out joint exercises with the US and Russia on this issue in India and respective countries and Indian performance was rated high by the US and Russia.
The exercise with the US named Yudh Abhyas this year will see mechanised forces of the two countries conducting complex drills in the deserts of Rajasthan. The countries will field their frontline tanks and perform offensive and defensive manouvres, officials said. The last exercise of this nature was held in 2009.
Sources said foreign countries were keen to come to India for joint exercises due to diversity of terrain, weather and vast operational experience of the Indian armed forces. These exercises helped the participating countries to enhance synergy and expose the participants to operational philosophy of each others army.
However, joint exercises with China were yet to come to drawing board stage after India suspended defence relations last year with its eastern neighbour when it refused visa to then Northern Command chief Lt. General BS Jaswal. Beijing questioned the status of Jammu and Kashmir while rejecting his visa for an official visit.
Relations were restored late last year and a Chinese military delegation visited India and a reciprocal visit will take place shortly. As regards joint exercises, India and China have held two such exercises in the last four years. While the first exercise in 2008 was held in China, the next exercise was held in India the next year.
Global players keen to emulate Indian Army
