Military exercises 2017
- Al Nagah- It is the joint exercise between the Indian and Oman Armies.
- Both armies shared valuable combat expertise on countering terrorist operations in an international environment.
- Suriya Kiran - It is Indo - Nepal Joint Military Exercise.
- It is the 11th and 12thedition of this exercise aimed at training of troops in counter insurgency operations in mountainous terrain.
- It formally incorporated issues related to humanitarian assistance and disaster Relief (HADR).
- Nomadic Elephant -Indo - Mongolian Joint Military Exercise.
- The exercise was aimed at training the troops in counter insurgency & counter terrorism operations under the United Nations mandate.
- Yudh Abhyas - Indo - US Joint Military Exercise.
- The theme of the exercise was to build and develop military relations for regional security operations and peace keeping operations under UN Charter.
- Mitra Shakti - Indo – Sri Lanka Joint Military Exercise.
- The exercise focused on counter terrorism operations in semi urban terrain.
- Indra - Indo – Russia Joint Tri Service Exercise( Army, Navy and Airforce)
- This is the first ever tri service exercise ‘INDRA’ between India & Russia.
- Prabal Dostyk - Indo – Kazakhstan Joint Military Exercise.
- Sampriti - Indo-Bangladesh Joint Military Exercise.
- It was aimed at carrying out operations against terrorists and insurgents on the lines of those in the J&K and NE.
- Ajeya warrior - Indo – UK Joint Military Exercise.
- The aim of the exercise was to build and promote bilateral relations and counter insurgency operations between the two countries.
- Pralay Sahayam - The exercise was conceptualised as Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) exercise based on an urban flooding scenario in the twin cities of Hyderabad & Secunderabad.
- The Exercise synergised the efforts of all stakeholders Army, Navy, Air Forces, NDRF, civil administration, CAPFs and other civil agencies.
Significant operations of Indian Navy
Naval exercises
- Malabar -IN, US Navy and the Japan Maritime Self - Defence Force (JMSDF) participated in the exercise.
- The primary objective of the exercise was to enhance maritime cooperation and interoperability amongst the participating navies.
- Varuna - It is a joint navy exercise between India-France.
- Konkan -It is a bilateral navy exercise between Indian Navy and Britain Navy.
- SIMBEX - It is the annual bilateral exercise with Republic of Singapore Navy.
- AUSINDEX – It is the biennial Australia-India Maritime Bilateral Exercise.
- SLINEX – It is the naval exercise between Sri Lanka-India.
- Sambandh -Indian Navy conducted this exercise to showcast its capabilities to ‘Observers’ from 18 Friendly Foreign Countries of Indian ocean region (IOR).
Events and deployments
- Navika Sagar Parikarma - Six naval women officers are undertaking Navika Sagar Parikrama on an Indian-built 56 feet long Sailing Vessel, INSV Tarini.
- This is first Indian all-women crew circumnavigation of the globe under sail.
- Expedition was flagged-off from Goa on Sep 17 and is expected to return to Goa in Apr 18.
- Goa Maritime Conclave (GMC) - ‘Goa Maritime Conclave’ (GMC) was attended by Chiefs of Navy/ Heads of Maritime Agency/ representatives of Bangladesh, Indonesia, Maldives, Malaysia, Mauritius, Myanmar, Seychelles, Singapore, Sri Lanka and Thailand.
- The Conclave was aimed at ‘Addressing Regional Maritime Challenges’ in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR)
- INS Kiltan - It is an Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) Corvette deployed recently.
- It is an indigenously designed submarine.
- INS Kalvari - It is a diesel-electric attack submarine which is designed by French company and being manufactured in India, deployed recently.
Significant events in Indian air force
Procurements
- Light Combat Aircraft (Tejas)- it is an advanced multirole aircraft with state-of-art avionics was made under “Make in India”
- Su-30 MKI - Induction of Su-30 MKI aircraft in the IAF is under progress.
- The current lot of Su-30 MKI aircraft are being manufactured in HAL through Transfer of Technology.
- Advanced indigenous weapons like 'BrahMos' supersonic cruise missile and ‘Astra’ Beyond Visual Range (BVR) missile has been indigenously integrated and fired from aircraft.
Exercises
- Siam Bharat - A Command Post Exercise (CPX) was held in Chiang Mai, Thailand from IAF team participated in the exercise.
- Op Sahayam -In the aftermath of cyclone 'Ockhi' the IAF unrelentingly pursued HADR along with NDRF team.
Source: PIB
