HomeIndia US friendshipIn Pictures: India-US Military Exercise Yudh Abhyas underway on border with China...

In Pictures: India-US Military Exercise Yudh Abhyas underway on border with China in Uttarakhand

Source : Swarajya

In Pictures: India-US Military Exercise Yudh Abhyas underway on border with China in Uttarakhand
Visual from Indo-US Joint Military Exercise Yudh Abhyas 2022 around 100kms from LAC


The eighteenth edition of India-US joint military exercise Yudh Abhyas is currently underway in Uttarakhand, around 100 kilometres from the Line of Actual Control (LAC) with China.

The nearly two-week exercise, which comes at a time of heightened tensions between India and China along the LAC, began earlier this month.

In Pictures: India-US Military Exercise Yudh Abhyas Underway On Border With China In Uttarakhand

The exercise started just days before the 60th anniversary of the end of the India-China war of 1962. The fact that the exercise is taking place close to India’s frontier with China is being seen as a message to Beijing about the increasingly close military ties between New Delhi and Washington.

In Pictures: India-US Military Exercise Yudh Abhyas Underway On Border With China In Uttarakhand

The exercise is conducted annually between India and the US to exchange best practices, tactics, techniques and procedures between the two nations’ armies. The previous edition of the exercise was conducted at Joint Base Elmendorf Richardson, Alaska, in October 2021.

In Pictures: India-US Military Exercise Yudh Abhyas Underway On Border With China In Uttarakhand

Earlier this month, the Ministry of Defence said that US Army soldiers of the 2nd Brigade of the 11th Airborne Division and Indian Army soldiers from the Assam Regiment would be participating in the exercise.

It said the training schedule for the exercise focuses on the employment of an integrated battle group under Chapter VII of the UN Mandate.

“With around 350 soldiers from each side, Yudh Abhyas will witness employment of integrated battle groups in mountains and extreme cold climate, along with heliborne elements and an integrated surveillance grid,” a report in the Times of India quoted an officer as saying.

In Pictures: India-US Military Exercise Yudh Abhyas Underway On Border With China In Uttarakhand

Earlier this year, China opposed the exercise, calling it an “interference in the bilateral boundary issue and a violation of agreements between New Delhi and Beijing that no military drill will be held near the LAC”.

In Pictures: India-US Military Exercise Yudh Abhyas Underway On Border With China In Uttarakhand

“I don’t understand the reference to third-party interference. India-US exercise is totally different and I don’t know what colour has been given to that,” the spokesperson of India’s External Affairs Ministry said in response.

With inputs from PTI

RELATED ARTICLES

LEAVE A REPLY

Please enter your comment!
Please enter your name here

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Aatmanirbhar Bharat

All

Dept of defence production issues notification for reorganisation of DGQA

The defence ministry has issued a notification for "reorganisation" of the Directorate General of Quality Assurance (DGQA) aimed at speeding up quality assurance processes...

First Tejas Mk1A aircraft takes shape: First Glimpse of tail number LA-5033 viral on X platform

Source : IgMp Bureau The Indian Air Force's (IAF) indigenous fighter jet program, the Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas, has reached a significant milestone with...

AMCA 5th Generation Stealth Fighter Updates

India’s Cost-Effective Approach to Developing AMCA Indigenous 5th Generation Stealth Fighter

Source : IgMp Bureau India has recently approved its ambitious Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (AMCA) program, which aims to develop a domestic 5th-generation fighter jet....

HAL Proposes Existing Facility for AMCA 5th Generation Stealth Fighter Production Under SPV Model

Source : IgMp Bureau India’s AMCA (Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft) program has received a significant boost with government approval for its development. This 5th generation...

Most Popular

Recent Comments

Archive Months

Miscellanous

Indian envoy hands over India-Tajikistan Friendship Hospital to Deputy Defence Minister of Tajikistan

Source : Asian News International (ANI)Indian envoy hands over India-Tajikistan Friendship Hospital to India-Tajikistan Friendship Hospital (Photo Credit: Indian Embassy in Tajikistan)Dushanbe: Ambassador of India...

118 units of Kanchan Armour Panels for Arjun MK 1A

Source : IgMp BureauArjun Mk 1A Main Battle Tank (File Photo)Armored Vehicles Nigam Limited (AVNL) has released a tender for the procurement of 118...
Visits
error: Content is protected !!