List Of Military Exercises Of India Which You Should Know

Hello Defence Lovers, In the era of modernization and development, every country is focusing in its geopolitics interest. Military exercises play a pivotal role in serving global interest and cooperation. International relations between two nations can be figured by the military synergy to some extent. Besides, military exercises expose the soldiers to the latest technology and weapons that are being deployed globally. Moreover, In these exercises soldiers explore the warfare tactics and precision while armed forces test their strategies and preparedness for the combat role.

Indian Armed Forces Involves In Three Types Of Exercise:

1. Bilateral exercise: These exercises are held between two armed forces of two countries. Bilateral exercises are annual as well as biennial.

2. Multilateral exercise: The exercises which marks the inclusion and participation of more that two countries are multilateral. Group of some countries or a region specific countries come together to participate.

3. Domestic exercise: These are the exercises which held within army, Airforce or Navy. All the three forces i.e. Land, Air, Water may come together for carrying out combat exercises for better integration.

Bilateral Exercise

1. Indian Army

SR. NO.	Name of Exercise	Partner Nation	First Edition	Latest Edition
1.	EX. Sampriti	Bangladesh	2011	9th edition February, 2020 Umroi, Meghalaya
2	Ex. Hand in Hand	China	2007	December, 2019 Umroi, Meghalaya
3.	EX. Surya Kiran	Nepal	2005	14th edition December, 2019 Nepal
4.	Ex. Mitra Shakti	Sri Lanka	2013	2019, Pune
5.	Ex. Yudh Abhyas	USA	2004	16th edition February, 2021 Bikaner, Rajasthan
6.	Ex. Vajra Prahar	USA	–	11th edition Bakloh, Himachal Pradesh March, 2021
7	Ex. Maitree	Thailand	2006	September, 2019 Meghalaya
8	Ex. Bold Kurukshetra	Singapore	2017	April, 2019 Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh
9	Ex. IMBAX	Myanmar	2017	Jan 2019 Chandimandir
10	Ex. Garuda Shakti	Indonesia	2012	6th edition 2018, Bandung, Indonesia
11	EX. VINBAX	Vietnam	2018	1st edition Jan 2018 Jabalpur, MP
12	DUSTLIK	Uzbekistan	2019	March 2021 Ranikhet, Uttrakhand
13	Ex. Dharma Guardian	Japan	2018	2019, Vairengte, Mizoram
14	Ex. Al Nagah	Oman	2015	2019, Oman
15	Ex. Harimayu Shakti	Malaysia	2013	2018 Wardeiburn, Kaula Lampur
16	Ex. Ekuverian	Maldives	2009	10th edition, 2019, Aundh Military station
17	Ex. Prabal Dostyk	Kazhakstan	2016	2018 Otar Kazhakstan,
18	Ex. Ajeya Warrior	UK	2008	2017 Maharaja Firing Range,bikaner
19	Ex. Nomadic Elephant	Mongolia	2004	2018, Ollanbatar, Mongolia
20	Ex. Lamitiye	Seychelles	2015	2018, Mahe, Seychelles
21	Ex. Khanjar	Kyrgyzstan	2015	2018, Vairngte, Mizoram

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2. Indian Navy

SR. NO	Name of Exercise	Partner Nation	First edition	Last edition
1	Ex. SLINEX	Sri Lanka	2005	8th edition October2020, INS kamarta and INS Kiltan
2	Ex. SIMBEX	Singapore	1994	27th edition 2020, Andaman Sea
3	Ex. IMCOR	Myanmar	2013	4th edition 2016, Andaman Sea
5	Ex. IN-BN CORPAT	Bangladesh	2019	2020, Bay of Bengal
6	Ex. Konkan	UK	2004	2018, Goa coast
7	Ex. Varuna	France	1983	2019, Goa Coast
8	Ex. Naseem-Al- Bahr	Oman	1993	2020 Marmagao Port, Goa
9	Ex. Indra	Russia	2003	11th edition September, 2020 Andaman Sea

3. Indian Airforce

SR. NO.	Name of Exercise	Partner Nation	First edition	Latest Edition
1	Ex. Indradhanush	UK	2006	2020, Gaziabad India
2	Ex. Garuda	France	2003	2019 Mont-de-Marsan, France
3	Ex. Red Flag	USA	1975	2016 Eielson Airforce Base, USA
4	Ex. Desert Eagle	UAE	2008	2016 Al-Bhafra Airbase, UAE
5	Ex. Eastern Bridge	Oman	2009	2017 Jamnagar Airforce station
6	Ex. Siam Bharat	Thailand	2016	2017 Chiang Mai, Thailand

Multilateral Exercise

SR. no.	Name of Exercise	Participant nations
1	RIMPEC	Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Denmark, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Peru, Philippines, South Korea Singapore, Thailand, Tonga, the United Kingdom and the United States
2	Malabar	USA, Japan , Australia, India
3	COBRA-GOLD	Asia- Pacific nations
4	Samvedna	South Asian countries

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Domestic Military Exercise

1. Gadhiv Vijay
2. Vijay Prahar
3. Paschim Lahar
4. Vayu Shakti

Military exercises plays an important role in building strong diplomatic and military ties between the nations. It can be notes that many exercises were either postponed or cancelled during the covid-19 pandemic when the entire globe came to an halt.