Joint military drills give nations the chance to train their soldiers and show off their arsenals while showcasing their military strength.
The use of military diplomacy by nations to show off their might is a crucial component of international relations.
India has taken part in a number of multinational military exercises, including those with neighbours. These training sessions are held all around the world and involve the Army, Navy, and Air Force, among other military branches.
Joint military exercises give military personnel the chance to learn new skills that they can use in a variety of real-world scenarios in addition to showing their might and unity.
A joint military exercise can be thought of as a way for the various military branches of various nations to participate in exercises that foster better ties and cooperation between nations. Such exercises, which may involve one or more nations, show off a nation’s military prowess while also sending a message to other nations. Military diplomacy is a term used frequently to describe this kind of interaction. Joint military drills fall into one of two categories:
Bilateral Exercises
Multilateral Exercises
As the name implies, bilateral exercises are joint military drills between two nations. An illustration of this would be the TARKASH Exercise between India and the United States.
Multilateral exercises, on the other hand, involve the armed forces of more than two nations. An illustration of one such exercise is the Naval Exercise Malabar, which involved Australia, Japan, the United States, and India and was held in Yokosuka, Japan.
Important Joint Military Exercises in 2023 Important Joint Military Exercises July 2023 Exercise Name Conducted by/Countries Location Maritime Exercise JIMEX-23 Japan and India Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh Naval Exercise “SALVEX” India and USA Kochi, Kerala Joint Maritime Partnership Exercise (MPX) India and France Coast of Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh Joint Military Exercise Nomadic Elephant-23 India and Mongolia Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia Exercise‘Operation Southern Readiness 2023 Seychelles and India Seychelles Air exercise ‘Tarang Shakti’ India, and United States, United Kingdom, France, and Australia India (Host Country) Talisman Sabre joint military exercises 2023 Australia and USA Queensland, Australia Han Kuang military exercises 2023 Annual military drills by Taiwan Taiwan
Exercise Name Conducted by/Countries Location Exercise “Ranvijay” Indian Air Force (IAF) Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh (UP) Agneyastra 1 Indian Army Eastern Ladakh Multinaional Joint Peacekeeping Exercise “Khaan Quest 2023” 26 Countries including India, USA, Mongolia Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia Multilateral Navel Exercise Komodo 2023 (MNEK 2023) 36 Countries including USA, Australia, Brazil, Bangladesh, Canada, China and India. Makassar, South Sulawesi, Indonesia Bilateral Joint Military Exercise Ekuverian (12th edition) India and Maldives Kadhdhoo Island, Maldives 1st Trilateral Maritime Partnership Exercise India, France and United Arab Emirates (UAE) Gulf of Oman Naval Exercise Ekatha (6th edition) India and Maldives Maldives Sudarshan Shakti 2023 South Western Command of India Army Rajasthan and Punjab Multinational Arctic Challenge Exercise 2023 (ACE-23) NATO member Countries, Finland, Norway and Sweden Luleå Kallax Air Base, Sweden / Örland Air Base, Norway / Rovaniemi and Pirkkala, Finland.
Important Joint Military Exercises May 2023 Defence ExerciseConducted by/Countries Location INIOCHOS-23 (Air exercise) Multi-national Exercise hosted by the Greece Andravida Air Base in the western Peloponnese ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations)-India Maritime Exercise (AIME-23) India and ASEAN Countries Changi Naval Base in Singapore ‘Buland Bharat’, an integrated surveillance and firepower training Exercise Conducted by Indian Armed Forces Mandala High Altitude Firing Ranges in Arunachal Pradesh A mutual firefighting Exercise named ‘Agni Daman-23’ Conducted by civil and military agencies of firefighting Pune (Maharashtra) “Al Mohed Al Hindi 23“ (Naval Exercise) India and Saudi Arabia Arabian Sea and Gulf region Samudra Shakti-23 (Naval Exercise) India and Indonesia Batam, Indonesia 35th Coordinated Patrol (CORPAT) Exercise India and Thailand International Maritime Boundary Line (IMBL) in the Andaman Sea
List of Important Joint Military Exercises April 2023 Defence Exercise Conducted by/Countries Location Exercise KAVACH Indian Armed forces (Army, Navy, Air Force) and Indian Coast Guard (ICG) Andaman and Nicobar Islands Naval Exercise SLINEX 2023 (10th Edition) India and Sri Lanka Colombo, Sri Lanka Offshore security exercise ‘Prasthan’ Indian Navy Mumbai, Maharashtra Multilateral Air Exercise – ‘Exercise Orion’ India, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, United Kingdom, Spain and the United States of America (USA) Mont-de-Marsan Airbase, France Exercise RSRE (Regional Search and Rescue exercise) Indian Coast Guard Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh Cope India Exercise 2023 India and USA Kalaikunda Airbase, West Bengal Multi-national Air Exercise – INIOCHOS-23 India and Greece Andravida Air Base, Greece Combat Exercises “Balikatan Drills” USA and Philippines South China Sea Regional Pollution Response Exercise (RPREX-2023) Indian Coast Guard (ISG) Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh “Locked Shields” Exercise NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence Estonia Coastal Security Exercise “Sagar Kavach” Indian Coast Guard (ICG) Coast of West Bengal Bilateral Exercise Ajeya Warrior 2023 India and United Kingdom (Britain) Salisbury Plains , UK
List of Important Joint Military Exercises March 2023 Defence Exercise Conducted by/Countries Location Joint Air Exercise Shinyuu Maitri India and Japan Komatsu, Japan 8th Deterrence Strategy Committee Table-Top Exercise (DSC TTX) USA and South Korea Pentagon in Washington, D.C. Freedom Shield exercise and Warrior Shield FTX USA and South Korea The Korean Peninsula Joint Military Exercise FRINJEX-23 India and France Pangode Military Station, Kerala International Maritime Exercise/ Cutlass Express 2023 (IMX/CE-23) India and Gulf region TROPEX 2023 India and Arabian Sea Maritime Partnership Exercise (MPX) India and France Eastern Indian Ocean Exercise Chetak Chaukas Indian Army Punjab’s Bathinda Multilateral exercise La Perouse India, France, Japan and Australia Indian Ocean Region Exercise Bold Kurukshetra 2023 India and Singapore Jodhpur Military Station, India Joint exercise “Khanjar” 2023 India and Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan Table top exercise 2023 Indian Coast Guard and Colombo Security Conclave Kolkata,West Bengal Naval Exercise “Al-Mohed-Al Hindi-23” India and Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia’s Jubail Exercise Sea Dragon 23 India and USA Guam Island Field Training Exercise (Ex AFINDEX-2023) Africa-India Pune,Maharashtra Bilateral maritime exercise “Konkan 2023” India and United kingdom Konkan coast in the Arabian Sea Vayu Prahar Indian Army and the Indian Air force Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern command
List of Important Joint Military Exercises February 2023 Defence Exercise Conducted by/Countries Location Trishakti Prahar All Arms and services of the Indian Army North Bengal TARKASH India and USA Chennai, Tamil Nadu Desert Flag VIII Multilateral air exercise of UAE, India, France, Kuwait, Australia, UK, Bahrain, Morocco, Spain, the Republic of Korea, and the USA United Arab Emirates (UAE) Joint Military Exercise DUSTLIK 2023 India and Uzbekistan Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand Joint military exercise ‘Dharma Guardian Indian and Japan Camp Imazu in the Shiga province of Japan Indian Army’s Exercise “Topchi 2023” Indian Army School of Artillery at the Devlali field firing ranges, in Devlali, Nashik, Maharashtra
List of Important Joint Military Exercises January 2023 Defence Exercise Conducted by/Countries Location Air Exercise Veer Guardian-2023 India and Japan Hyakuri Air Base in Japan Air Exercise “Pralay” Indian Air Force (IAF) Air bases in the northeast Army Exercise “Cyclone-I” India and Egypt Jaisalmer in Rajasthan Tri service exercise “AMPHEX 2023” Indian Army, Indian Navy and Indian Air Force Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh “Ops Alert” exercise Border Security Force (BSF) Kutch district of Gujarat and Barmer in Rajasthan. Naval Exercise ‘Varuna 2023′ India and France West Coast of United States
Defence Exercise Conducted by/Countries Location Sangam Navy of India and USA Goa KAZIND 2022 India and Kazakhastan Umroi, Meghalaya Army exercise “Surya Kiran-XVI” India and Nepal Nepal Army Battle School, Saljhandi Air combat exercise “Veer Guardian 23” India and Japan Hyakuri air base Iruma in Japan Agni Warrior 2022 Armed forces of India and Singapore Maharashtra
Defence Exercise Conducted by/Countries Location Naval exercise Naseem Al Bahr-2022 India and Oman Coast of Oman Joint military exercise ‘AUSTRA HIND 22 India and Australia Mahajan Field Firing Ranges, Rajasthan Joint military Exercise Harimau Shakti 2022 India and Malaysia Pulai Klang in Malaysia Trilateral Naval exercise IMT TRILAT India, Mozambique and Tanzania (IMT) Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania Naval Exercise Malabar Australia, Japan, USA and India Yokosuka of Japan Offshore Security Exercise ‘Prasthan’ Indian Navy Mumbai Coast, Arabian Sea 18th Joint Military exercise “Yudh Abhyas 22” India and USA Uttrakhand Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HARD) exercise “Samanvay 2022” Indian Air Force Air Force Station Agra, Uttar Pradesh Indo-Pacific Endeavour (IPE) exercise 2022 India and Australia Visakhapatnam coast, Andhra Pradesh Integrated Fire Power Exercise “SHATRUNASH” India Army’s South Western Command Thar desert, Rajasthan Coastal defence exercise ‘Sea Vigil’ Indian Navy Along the entire 7516 km coastline of India Joint military exercise ‘Garuda Shakti’ India and Indonesia Karawang, Indonesia
Defence Exercise Conducted by/Countries Location Joint Air exercise “Garuda VII” India and France Jodhpur, Rajasthan Naval Exercise SIMBEX (29th edition) India and Singapore Visakhapatnam coast Joint humanitarian assistance exercise “Tiger Triumph” India and USA Visakhapatnam Security Exercise ‘Prasthan’ Indian Navy Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh Joint Multinational Naval exercise “IBSAMAR VII” India, Brazil, South Africa Port Gqeberha (also known as Port Elizabeth), South Africa India-Mozambique-Tanzania Trilateral Exercise India, Mozambique and Tanzania Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania
Defence Exercise Conducted by/Countries Location Vostok 2022 India and Russia Russia’s Eastern Military District Gagan Strike Indian Army and Indian Air Force Punjab JIMEX 2022 India and Japan Bay of Bengal Joint Maritime Exercise (Nigeria’s first joint operation deployment) India and Nigeria Gulf of Guinea Abhyas-01/22 Coast Gurd of India & United States Coast of Chennai, Tamil Nadu Parvat Prahar Conducted by the One Strike Corps of the Indian Army ‘ Ladakh
Defence Exercise Conducted by/Countries Location Vajra Prahar 2022 India and USA Himachal Pradesh’s Bakloh VINBAX-2022 Vietnam and India Chandimandir, Haryana Pitch Black 2022 India and Australia Australia’s Darwin Yudh Abhyas 2022 India and the USA Uttarakhand’s Auli
Defence Exercise Conducted by/Countries Location Rim of the Pacific 2022 (RIMPAC 2022) 26 nations including India Joint Base Pearl HarborHickam (JBPHH), a United States military base on the island of Oahu, Hawaii Maritime Partnership Exercise (MPX) Japan and India Andaman Sea
Defence Exercise Conducted by/Countries Location IND-INDO CORPAT India and Indonesia Andaman Sea and Malacca Strait Khaan Quest 2022 Mongolia and India Hosted by Mongolia, Sampriti-X India and Bangladesh Jashore Military Station in Bangladesh
Defence Exercise Conducted by/Countries Location North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) Exercise • Defender Europe 2022 (DE22) Poland and 8 other countries Eastern Europe, the Arctic High North, Baltics, and Balkans Naval Exercise Bongosagar 2022 India and Bangladesh Port Mongla, Bangladesh Coordinated Patrol (CORPAT) India and Bangladesh Northern Bay of Bengal, Indian Navy-Bangladesh Navy (IN-BN)
Defence Exercise Conducted by/Countries Location Indian Ocean Naval Symposium (IONS maritime Exercise IMEX-22 Navies of Bangladesh, France, India and Iran Goa (Arabian sea) Joint Training Exercise LAMITIYE-2022 India and Seychelles Seychelles Defense Academy Naval Exercise VARUNA 2022 India & France Arabian Sea Joint Special Forces Exercise ‘Khanjar 2022 India and Kyrgyzstan Special Forces Training School, Bakloh, Himachal Pradesh Integrated Fire Power exercise exercise KRIPAN SHAKTI Conducted by The Indian Army’s Trishakti Corps Teesta Field Firing Ranges (TFFR), near Siliguri, West Bengal
Defence Exercise Conducted by/Countries Location Dharma Guardian 2022 India and Japan Foreign Training Node, Belagavi (Belgaum, Karnataka) Multilateral Military exercise Cold Response 2022 Conducted by North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) Norway offshore security exercise ‘Prasthan’ Conducted by Western Naval Command of India Offshore Development Area of ONGC, Mumbai Bilateral Maritime Exercise SLINEX-21 Sri Lanka and India Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh Suraksha Kavach 2 Conducted by Indian Army’s “Agnibaaz Division” with Maharashtra Police Lullanagar, Pune Joint training Exercise Dustlik (ExDustlik)-2022 India and Uzbekistan Yangiarik, Uzbekistan
Defence Exercise Conducted by /Countries Location Air exercise Eastern Bridge-VI Indian and Oman Jodhpur, Air Force Station in Rajasthan Sainya Ranakshetram –2021 Indian Army Indore biennial multilateral naval exercise MILAN 2022 Hosted by the Eastern Naval Command.Theme – ‘Camaraderie – Cohesion –Collaboration’ Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh & Indian Navy
Defence Exercise Conducted by / Countries Location MILAN 2022 multilateral naval exercise by Indian Navy Indian Ocean region Anti-Submarine Warfare • Conducted by – USA Andersen Air Force Base,Guam Island Paschim Lehar 2022 aka XPL-22 Conducted by Indian Navy Arabian Sea
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