Indian Special Forces

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I have even seen Agra police pics in this same thread...

Atleast those are Agra SWAT. How does Police Harleys fit in a SOF thread?

 

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Atleast those are Agra SWAT. How does Police Harleys fit in a SOF thread?

i dint knew the separate pol. thread.

 

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i dint knew the separate pol. thread.

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Whatever happened to this?

Support Rises for Unified Indian Spec Ops Command | Defense News | defensenews.com

 

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First joint parachute drop by US Army, Indian Army Parachute Regiment & NSG
By SP's Special Correspondent
Photo Credit : Airman 1st Class Stephen G.Eigel


March 09, 2015: On February, right in the middle of Aero India 2015, the U.S. Army teamed up with the Indian Army's 2nd Parachute Regiment (Special Forces) for a parachute demonstration from a C-17 Globemaster III. The two armies have jumped together befoer during Yudh Abhyas exercises, but for the first time, National Security Guard paratroopers were part of the jump. The Indian commandos teamed up with paratroopers from the U.S. Army Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 1st Special Forces Group for detailed joint briefings and the jump from a Pacific Air Forces C-17 Globemaster III over Yelahanka on a warm day.

The jump, while primarily for demonstration purposes at the show, was also a gesture of jointmanship between the special forces just weeks after U.S. President Barack Obama and Indian PM Narendra Modi renewed the strategic partnership and defence relationship between the two countries, an agreement that includes expanding the nature of joint military exercises and exchanges. The Indian Army and IAF are expected to participate in exercises in the U.S. this year.

First joint parachute drop by US Army Indian Army Parachute Regiment and NSG
- SP’s Exculsive

 

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@Major Shaitan Singh, thanks for that link mate.

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guys, it is quite known than indian special forces have a close relations with SF of US and Israel.. do our SF have any such close cooperation with British SAS/SBS now??

 

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Great pics!

Thats something that you dont see every day

 

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Nope...we do not have many interactions with the UK.

IA SF have been to Israel for training and with the US we have joint exercises.

 

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Nope...we do not have many interactions with the UK.

IA SF have been to Israel for training and with the US we have joint exercises.

IA SF have soldier exchange programs with US SF. but why don't we send our SF to Britain?after all every SF in india is modeled after British SF.

 

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We have very good relations with the US.They want a share of our defence spending so they wanna train with us and hence show off their weapons.With the UK the thing is different.Interaction between UK and Indian Army is not as much as between US and India.

I like the exchange between Israel and India.I have a lot of respect for Jews and their struggle and how the Israelis are fighting despite being surrounded and still not giving up.Para Commandos regularly visit Israel for training.I was told by my friend in the Army that 9th Para was the first one to be sent to Israel for training.

Similarly,Marcos have a great friendship with SEALs.My friend's dad was a Commodore in the Navy and he once told me a story of a Marcos saving a injured Seal's life and sailors from both Navy sharing a great friendship.

NSG similarly has a relationship with GSG9.They train with them regularly which doesnt get reported.

P.S-My favourite SF unit is German KSK..i hope we train with them someday.

 

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We have very good relations with the US.They want a share of our defence spending so they wanna train with us and hence show off their weapons.With the UK the thing is different.Interaction between UK and Indian Army is not as much as between US and India.

I like the exchange between Israel and India.I have a lot of respect for Jews and their struggle and how the Israelis are fighting despite being surrounded and still not giving up.Para Commandos regularly visit Israel for training.I was told by my friend in the Army that 9th Para was the first one to be sent to Israel for training.

Similarly,Marcos have a great friendship with SEALs.My friend's dad was a Commodore in the Navy and he once told me a story of a Marcos saving a injured Seal's life and sailors from both Navy sharing a great friendship.

NSG similarly has a relationship with GSG9.They train with them regularly which doesnt get reported.

P.S-My favourite SF unit is German KSK..i hope we train with them someday.

do we have any training programs with Russian SF?? russian SF" Alpha" is one of the best SF in the world. i hope our Sf will do have some training programs with them. marcos have joint training program with US army delta. don't know if they have any such training program with ST6.

what i don't understand is despite have very closer relationship with Nato countries why we don't have any SF training programs with them? russia being much closer to india and even share critical technology with india don't have any SF training programs with us. why is that?

 

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do we have any training programs with Russian SF?? russian SF" Alpha" is one of the best SF in the world. i hope our Sf will do have some training programs with them. marcos have joint training program with US army delta. don't know if they have any such training program with ST6.

what i don't understand is despite have very closer relationship with Nato countries why we don't have any SF training programs with them? russia being much closer to india and even share critical technology with india don't have any SF training programs with us. why is that?

I have the same question.Inspite of our relationship being so close and going to the extent of developing a 5th gen fighter we still havent had a joint SF exercise or maybe it didnt get reported.

In 2007 Para Commandos visited Russia and the Russian Army airborne division participated but Spetsnaz was not involved.Similarly recently also Russia did not send Spetsnaz to India.

Such things also depend on the efforts made by the govt.Like we did not have many AF to AF exercise with the Russians until the time Russians reaslised how closer the US and India have come through these exercises.

We have US,UK,Afghanistan,SL,BD,Mongolia,Poland,SA. Etc visit the CIJWS.

But i wont complain as the exercises with the western armies specially Israel for training and US for exposure has changed the tactis and weaponry of the Indian SFs.

A decade ago i used to call Indian SF the most under equippped but now i think Para Commandos SF are one of the better equipped SF in Asia and certainly the best equipped in South Asia.

The choice for weapons and the Techint which these guys get is superior to others.Humanint is also superior because every second month you get to read about a local commander getting killed in Kashmir.

They have changed their tactis and now operate in HIT teams of 6 specialist of various specialities from explosives to weapons expert.This is what i feel is influenced by how western SFs operate.Earlier we had platoon sized teams.

And you can bet that more is to follow with the 4 times hike in NSG budget and Army and Naval SF having a seperate budget and a free hand on buying.

 

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I have the same question.Inspite of our relationship being so close and going to the extent of developing a 5th gen fighter we still havent had a joint SF exercise or maybe it didnt get reported.

In 2007 Para Commandos visited Russia and the Russian Army airborne division participated but Spetsnaz was not involved.Similarly recently also Russia did not send Spetsnaz to India.

Such things also depends on the efforts made by the govt.Like we did not have many AF to AF exercise with the Russians until the time Russians reaslised how closer the US and India have come through these exercises.

We have US,UK,Afghanistan,SL,BD,Mongolia,Poland,SA. Etc visit the CIJWS.

But i wont complain as the exercises with the western armies specially Israel for training and US for exposure has changed the tactis and weaponry of the Indian SFs.

A decade ago i used to call Indian SF the most under equippped but now i think Para Commandos SF are one of the better equipped SF in Asia and certainly the best equipped in South Asia.

The choice for weapons and the Techint which these guys get is superior to others.Humanint is also superior because every second month you get to read about a local commander getting killed in Kashmir.


They have changed their tactis and now operate in HIT teams of 6 specialist of various specialities from explosives to weapons expert.This is what i feel is influenced by how western SFs operate.Earlier we had platoon sized teams.

And you can bet that more is to follow with the 4 times hike in NSG budget and Army and Naval SF having a seperate budget and a free hand on buying.

the absence of Spetsnaz in 2007 indo russian excercise may be because of lack of knowledge on india's SF structure, as para SF is a part of parachute regiment(unique type of command structure). same case in navy too.... marcos is a part of "navel special operation and diving". in recent indo- russian navel excercise marcos were trained with Russian navel infantry!! it looks like US and Israel are the only two countries who understand india's SF command structure. even in youd abhyass if para SF participate in it then US army will send green berets too. never see such a coordination in any other excercise.

 

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We have very good relations with the US.They want a share of our defence spending so they wanna train with us and hence show off their weapons.With the UK the thing is different.Interaction between UK and Indian Army is not as much as between US and India.

I like the exchange between Israel and India.I have a lot of respect for Jews and their struggle and how the Israelis are fighting despite being surrounded and still not giving up.Para Commandos regularly visit Israel for training.I was told by my friend in the Army that 9th Para was the first one to be sent to Israel for training.

Similarly,Marcos have a great friendship with SEALs.My friend's dad was a Commodore in the Navy and he once told me a story of a Marcos saving a injured Seal's life and sailors from both Navy sharing a great friendship.

NSG similarly has a relationship with GSG9.They train with them regularly which doesnt get reported.

P.S-My favourite SF unit is German KSK..i hope we train with them someday.

Germans are pretty good