21 Latest Military Exercises That You Must Know

Hemanth Kasturi
March 29, 2020
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Military exercises are extremely important in today’s world scenarios because they not only keep up the mobility and the tactical combat insurgency skills of the Army ready and situational but also give an insight about the power of the militaries of the nations and by what far do they invest and train in the field of Defence. In today’ world, the defence sector carries the same importance as that of the education, economy and environment. However, there are many viabilities of war which can be physical, biological or tactical or whatever. Gaining the most recent data in your mind will equip you confident enough in this topic which carries a significant amount of marks in AFCAT, INET, CDS and Territorial Army. Please make a note of these.

*No.*	*Name of the Exercise*	*Participating Nation(s)*	*Duration*	*Location*	*Remarks and Highlights*
1	Indra Dhanush	UK and India Air Forces	2020	Air Force Station Hindon, Uttar Pradesh	Focused on Base Defence and Force Protection
2	Winged Raider	Indian Army	2020	North Eastern Theatre	Demonstrated operational readiness of paratroopers and air warriors.
3	TSENTR19	Hosted by Russia. Participants include India, Pakistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, China, Tajikistan.	9^th to 23^rd September 2019	Donguz Training Ranges, Drenburg, Russia	Fight against international terrorism, ensuring military security.
4	Sampriti-IX	Bangladesh and India	2020	Meghalaya	Practice Counter Terrorist Operation
5	CORPAT	Bangladesh and India Navies	2019	Visakhapatnam	Replenish security in Bay of Bengal region.
6	Iron Union 12	UAE and USA	December 2019	Dubai, UAE	Combat efficiency and tactical expertise
7	Iron Magic 19	UAE and USA	October 2019	Dubai, UAE	Combat efficiency and tactical expertise
8	Indra	Russia and India	10^th to 19^th December 2019	Pune	Improvised Explosive Devices, prevention of arms smuggling and anti-piracy.
9	Mitra Shakti	Sri Lanka and India	1^st to 14^th December 2019	Pune	Counter insurgency and counter terrorism operations, UN mandates.
10	Vajra Prahar	USA and India	13^th to 28^th October 2019	Both in US and India alternatively	Operational tactics and joint mission planning
11	Yudh Abhyas	USA and India	September 2019	Washington DC	Operational tactics and joint mission planning
12	Dharma Guardian	Japan and India	19^th October to 2^nd November 2019	Jungle Warfare School, Vairengte, Mizoram.	Cooperation between the Armies and counter terrorism operations
13	KAZIND19	Kazakhstan and India	3^rd October 2019	Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand	Lectures, drills of counter insurgency and counter terrorism
14	Hand-in-Hand	China and India	August 2019	Chengdu, Meghalaya	Counter terrorism, establishing joint command post, humanitarian assistance and disaster relief.
15	Tiger Triumph	USA and India	13^th to 21^st November 2019	Kakinada and Visakhapatnam	Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief
16	Shakti19	France and India	1^st to 13^th November 2019	Mahajan Ranges	Counter terrorism, semi-desert terrain warfare, interoperability between both the armies
17	Sindhu Sudarshan	Indian Army	20^th October to 5^th December 2019	Pokhran	Battlefield transparency, situational awareness with force multipliers.
18	Shinyuu Maitri	Japan and India	17^th to 23^rd October 2019	Panagarh, West Bengal	Joint mobility and interoperability
19	Him Vijay	Indian Army and Indian Air Force	October 2019	Arunachal Pradesh	Tactical warfare and prevention of adversaries and hostilities during warfare.
20	Changthang Prahar	Indian Army	September 2019	Eastern Ladakh	This exercise is conducted at 12000 feet ASL, a rare feat. War waging techniques were used.
21	Tri-service Exercise	USA and India	2019	Both USA and India bilaterally	Humanitarian assistance, disaster relief and control, counter terrorism.