Indra 2010 - Indian, Russian Armies to Hold Military Exercises in the Himalayas

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Indra 2010 - Indian, Russian Armies to Hold Military Exercises in the Himalayas | India Defence
2010-10-13 Over 200 elite Russian mountain troops are set to participate with their Indian counterparts in anti-terror 'INDRA-2010' war-games scheduled for October 15-24 in Uttarakhand bordering China, the Defence Ministry said on Wednesday.

Indian and Russian armed forces have been carrying out joint war-games since 2003 on biannual basis. The crack troops of the North Caucasus-based 34th Independent Mountain Brigade of the Russian Army will fly to Barelly on board military Ilyushin Il-76 transport aircraft, from where they will proceed by road to Chaubattia near Ranikhet, the base of Kumaon Regiment of the Indian Army.

"During the upcoming exercise, the Russian and Indian military personnel will form a joint task force, and plan and carry out a series of mock anti-terrorism missions in the mountains," the spokesman for the North-Caucasus Military Area, Lt Col Andrei Bobrun, said.

The Russian troops will be equipped with their latest automatic weapons for mountain warfare and lightweight Permyachka Infantry Suits, which protect at least 80 per cent of the body surface from small-caliber bullets and low-speed shrapnel.

Both India and Russia have a rich experience in carrying out anti-militancy and anti-terror operations in mountains and the exchange of experience between their armed forces is extremely important, the Defence Ministry officials here said.

In the past, Indian and Russian navies and paratroopers have carried out joint wargames in the two countries with the aim of honing skills in combined operations against sea pirates and terrorists.

 

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Russian, Indian troops complete military exercises in Himalayas | Defense | RIA Novosti

Russian and Indian troops completed a drill to kill a fictional terrorist leader in the Indian Himalayas as part of the Indra-2010 joint military exercises, which finished on Saturday.

"The experience we gained from the exercises is useful. We learned a lot from our Russian colleagues," Commander of the Indian contingent Brigadier-General Gopal said.

The commander of the Russian contingent, Major-General Vladimir Glinin said he was satisfied with the results of the military exercises.

The INDRA-2010 exercises were launched on October 16 at Chaubattia, in Uttarakhand, a mountainous area near India's border with China and Nepal.

Russia sent more than 200 troops from its 34th mountain brigade, based in the North Caucasus, to join the Indian troops in the drills.

The Indian and Russian military have conducted joint INDRA exercises since 2003, including biannual peacekeeping drills.

India's military cooperation with Russia goes back nearly half a century, and the Asian country accounts for about 40 percent of Russian arms exports.

CHAUBATTIA (India), October 23 (RIA Novosti)

 

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Indo-Russian military drill ends with resolve to fight terrorism

Sat Oct 23 2010 16:59:54 GMT+0530 (India Standard Time) by ANI


Ranikhet (Uttarakhand), Oct 23 (ANI): Demonstrating their resolve to fight against terrorism and to boost bilateral defence cooperation further, strike infantry units of the Indian and Russian Armies ended a joint military exercise named Ex INDRA-10 in the Kumaon hills here on Saturday. Over 400 troops from both sides took part in the drill and were divided into two groups. One group consisted of two Indian Army units in addition to one Russian army unit and vice versa.The exercise was conducted in three phases to improve the interoperability and imbibe lessons at small team levels, levels at which success is imperative to combat terrorism.


During the culmination phase on the last two days, a realistic stimulated joint operational exercise was conducted involving surveillance, acquiring and assessing of intelligence, joint planning, multi-directional induction of forces in small teams maintaining stealth, regrouping into joint task forces and joint teams, followed by a series of counter-terrorist operations.


A Naga regiment of the Mountain Brigade of Central Command Division took part in this exercise along with Russian troops, who were given the responsibility of a cordon and search mission, a search and destroy mission and then a special heliborns operations.Troops from both sides first carried out a cordon and search operation at Padholi Reserve Forest, followed it up with a search and destroy mission at the nearby Magchura village and concluded with a special heliborns operations at Chokhani Mound.Major General J S Arya, Group Officer in Command, Six Mountaineering Division, said terrorism has the same format everywhere.



”We both nations have the same problems. You are all aware of the problems of our country. When the Russian troops arrived, we witnessed that they have the same problems,” said Major General Arya. “They told us that in Southern Russia they have similar mountaineering areas and carry out the same exercise. It feels great to see that our training is appropriate and correct,” he told media persons here after the joint military drill.Major General Arya further said that behind every military expedition there is a planning, asserting that all the countries work in close cooperation with each other during the exercise.

“When four or five countries meet to have a combined drill, we actually get to learn a lot from each other. Whatever was our good points, the Russian troops learned that and whatever was the excellent point of the Russians, we learned that. We will use all the good points that we have learnt and see whether we can apply it on our troops,” said Major General Arya.



“We have witnessed in the last eight to ten years that terrorism has changed its characteristics. The impact of which has been deeper over the years. There are several areas where the interests of different nations are the same. In the Indian Ocean, the ships of several countries float and have probably the same problems,” he added, when asked will both India and Russia participate in any joint exercise in the near future.Brigadier Gopal, Brigadier 99 Mountaineering Division, said it was a small operation planned jointly by the Russian and the Indian troops to fight against terrorism, where the two sides used fire and power tactics and force multiplier to destroy the hideout in the reserve forest and the terrorists.



”A soldier whether Russian or Indian understands everything. Language is not a barrier. We had our interpreters and they had theirs. A soldier easily understands each others needs,” he added, when asked whether language and communication was a barrier to the troops participating in the exercise.Russian Ambassador Alexander M Kadakin, who was present on the occasion, said keeping into view the fight against terrorism by both the nations, the exercise that has end today is very significant.”First of all, I am very happy to come to Ranikhet, because the army exercise has ended today, we consider it very significant because, the two countries have been fighting against global terrorism; we are not just friends, but allies too,” said Ambassador Kadakin. (ANI)

 

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[Kinetic]

Soldiers with Tavor looking great. Liked the way of joint trainings.

 

[Abingdonboy]

Thsese Indian soldiers ^^^ (above) must be Special forces right, on account of the Tavors, only SF units carry them. What unit of SF are they from??

 

[Last Hope]

Does IA really have tavors or was it supplied for the excersie only?

 

[Water Car Engineer]

Does IA really have tavors or was it supplied for the excersie only?

They have tavors.

 

[Mirza Jatt]

Does IA really have tavors or was it supplied for the excersie only?

they already have tavors in service..infact even J&K police use tavors.

 

[Tshering22]

You know, after looking at the videos I am wondering why our army didn't change to a digital pattern. Russia, NATO, China all have changed to a digital pattern while the new issue uniform for IA is again non-digital.

Wonder if this is because of our terrain's requirements or reluctance to adopt something new.

 

[hellofriends]

why indian army use different type of helmet ??
i think tavar has selected for replacing INSAS rifle bcoz DRDO multi caliber weapon is not ready and it will take more 2-3 year.

 

[INDIAN007]

Thsese Indian soldiers ^^^ (above) must be Special forces right, on account of the Tavors, only SF units carry them. What unit of SF are they from??

They are From mountain brigade unit of NAGA regiment........