EX YUDH ABHYAS 21 India-US Joint Training Exercise
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GS III : Internal Security; Prelims
What is discussed under EX YUDH ABHYAS 21 India-US Joint Training Exercise ?
- Why in News ?
- Key Facts
- What is the need of Joint Exercise ?
Why in News ?
17th Edition of Indo – US joint training exercise EX YUDH ABHYAS 21 commenced at Joint Base Elmendorf Richardson, Alaska (USA) on 15 October 2021.
Key Facts
- The 14 days training schedule includes activities on joint training in a Counter Insurgency / Counter Terrorism environment under United
Nations mandate. - Focus on improving cohesion and inter-operability to achieve training objectives of the exercise.
- Importance of free exchange of ideas, concepts and best practices between the troops and the necessity to learn from each others’ experiences.
- The joint exercise will facilitate both Armies to know each other better, share their wide experiences and enhance their situational awareness through information exchange.
- This will help them in undertaking joint operations at Battalion level in mountainous terrain with cold climatic conditions under the ambit of United Nations.
All Military Exercise : Military Exercise by India with Other Countries
What is the need of Joint Exercise ?
- Aim : Measure to test the performance of the armed forces without engaging in the battlefield.
- Better coordination between the militaries, observation of enemy’s tactics, and familiarization with new technologies, enabling on-the-job training of each other’s crews and share useful experiences of counter-terrorism operations .
- Besides it is a strategic signal for a third country to show case its military influence with other nations and region.
- Enhance the brotherhood between the participating nations.
- Also exercise increases the partnership between among the countries.
- These exercises also act as a platform to assess weapons, equipment and a display of technology that can be made available to allies.
- Exercises are also seen as an assurance that a critical supply of spares and accessories will be guaranteed during a possible conflict.
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